December 17, 2025 O come, O Wisdom from on high,who ordered all things mightily;to us the path of knowledge showand teach us in its ways to go. This last week before Christmas Day has always been mystical to me, a thin place of sorts, where we move willingly or not toward the Winter Solstice, theContinueContinue reading “Advent’s O Antiphons: Wisdom”
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Advent 2024: JOY
Advent Day 13, December 13, 2024 “We need a little Christmas now.” Songwriter Jerry Herman If you’re looking for a prayer app, let me suggest Lectio365, a 10 minute devotional resource composed by leaders of Prayer 24/7, an international Christian movement focusing on prayer, mission, and justice. My reflection this morning is motivated by yesterday’sContinueContinue reading “Advent 2024: JOY”
Advent 2024: The Lynching of Robert Mosley
(Image of Robert Mosley painted with red clay from the soil of Madison County, Alabama, United States) Advent Day Nine, December 9, 2024 This past Saturday, I attended a sobering and unusual event: the dedication of the first memorial marker for the ten lynching victims in my home county alone, the last lynching in myContinueContinue reading “Advent 2024: The Lynching of Robert Mosley”
Lenten Day Thirty-Seven: Maya Angelou
Contemplations on forgiveness and grace.
Lenten Day Thirty-three: Hamlet
“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” Hamlet
Lenten Day Thirty-two: Brennan Manning
“Faith is the courage to accept acceptance.” Brennan Manning
Lenten Day Thirty-One: The Buddha
Let none find fault with others; let none see the omissions and commissions of others. But let one see one’s own acts, done and undone. The Buddha As I sit with this meditation, I imagine what it would be like if no one (including me) criticized or judged anyone else for the rest of thisContinueContinue reading “Lenten Day Thirty-One: The Buddha”
Lenten Day Thirty: Joseph Campbell
“We cannot cure the world of sorrow but we can choose to live in joy.” Joseph Campbell
Lenten Day Twenty-eight: Thomas Merton
“Let me rest in Your will and be silent.” Thomas Merton Thomas Merton was an American Trappist monk, writer, theologian, mystic, poet, social activist and scholar of comparative religion. Most of all, he was a lover of silence, and despite all his other “doings,” he found “being” his greatest blessing. Again and again, I, though,ContinueContinue reading “Lenten Day Twenty-eight: Thomas Merton”
Lenten Day Twenty-six: Sappho
March 14, 2024 “What cannot be said will be wept.” Sappho This quotation holds a beautiful truth from Sappho, an ancient female poet from the island of Lesbos who was widely regarded as one of the greatest lyric poets of her time. It touches me because I’ve experienced the truth of it. In our culture,ContinueContinue reading “Lenten Day Twenty-six: Sappho”
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