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Last week we listened to John Muir tell us to go to the mountains, and thereby to go home, to the “fountain of life” for the healing and renewal it can bring to us. I asked you to think about when you … Continue reading
Category Archives: 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
Recently I took up again the practice of listening to the Pray As You Go podcasts* on my drive to work. (I wonder why I stopped? Well, that’s a question for another day.) One recent podcast was the story of Jacob wrestling … Continue reading
Have you had those kind of days when you knew you needed an extra touch of grace? As I look back over the past couple of weeks, I know I had several of those days. Well, some of that needed grace arrived … Continue reading
At Google you can discover, “Andrew M. Greeley was an Irish-American Roman Catholic priest, sociologist, journalist and popular novelist. Born: February 5, 1928, Oak Park, IL Died: May 29, 2013, Chicago, IL” Since Father Greeley’s recent death there have been many, … Continue reading
Who do you go to plumb the depths of the Psalms? A linguist? A theologian? A preacher? A musician? Well, maybe all of them. Each might have a different insight. And what kind of insight might Bono have? Yes, the lead singer … Continue reading
When you consider the church, what do you see? I feel sure most will see more than a building. Probably many will see more than a group of people assembled for a meeting. Will any of us get a glimpse of what brings … Continue reading
For whatever reason I cannot get away from this subject. For instance, this past Saturday I was in the car, turned on the radio and the program “This American Life”* was on. The show was “Invisible Made Visible.” Then I started listening to … Continue reading
Several months ago my wife and I started reading the devotional book A Year with Aslan: Daily Reflections from The Chronicles of Narnia and have found many of the reflections full of insight, challenges and encouragement. My wife pointed out to me … Continue reading
Last week we were encouraged by Dorothy Day to “see Christ in each other,” and I find myself this week still thinking about “seeing.” Scripture challenges us many times to consider the person who “sees but does not see.” A few weeks … Continue reading