169 – Friendship – Intention on the Spiritual Journey

Yesterday, October 15, was the Feast Day of St Teresa of Avila, and I felt the need to make some note of that this week.  While there are many things worth saying about Teresa, I want to share one brief, simple quote from … Continue reading

158 – Wildness – Intention on the Spiritual Journey

A few weeks ago I was watching several episodes of the Ken Burns documentary “The National Parks.”  The series is impressive to me both for its visuals and its narrative. In the first episode John Muir is much quoted and toward the … Continue reading

109 – Prayer – Intention on the Spiritual Journey

I was looking over some material on prayer we are going to be reading in our class at church and came across this statement from Don Saliers, “Prayer is essential to ‘the call to holiness at the heart of the … Continue reading