Winter Isn't Always About Hibernating
By noon, we were already cracking jokes about weathermen who always get it wrong. As we looked up at the sky, the foot of snow they were...
The Face Of God
Seeking the face of God in everything, everyone, all the time, and his hand in every happening; this is what it means to be contemplative...
HUMILITY
How can you pray when you are frightened, angry, hurt or grieving? I wish I had a good answer for that. Today when my heart is clouded...
Domesticated
My wife and I recently took our kids to an event at our local wildlife refuge. It was a pretty small affair, but offered us a lot in...
Winter Is Coming
Celtic Christians mark this time of year at the midway point between the autumn equinox and the winter solstice. Ancient Celts called...
Raking The Leaves
I learned something about myself this week. We have three big old maple trees in our yard and, well, it’s fall. By the end of the windy...
WHAT DOES LOVE LOOK LIKE?
This week I will travel to my mother’s memorial service. My mother had been looking forward to dying for the past couple years, and on...
GOD'S FAVORITE COLOR
My very precocious little granddaughter was perched on the arm of my chair when I thought to ask her what she knows about God. She...
Celtic Wisdom and Trying to Capture the River
One of the first things I learned about the Celts was that they resisted writing things down for a very long time. This makes it hard to...