Moments Of Awe, Wonder, and Radical Astonishment (3/1/15)
Good morning friends – Peace be with you! This week, we are staying at the guest house of St. Leo’s Abbey in St. Leo, Florida where we will worship and eat our meals with the monks. Great spirit of...
View ArticleYou Are The Light Of The World (3/4/15)
Good morning – Shalom – Peace be with you! Woke up today thinking about Carl Jung and Jesus and Hafiz. How in many ways they are somewhat similar. The words of Carl Jung: “As far as we can discern, the...
View ArticleHope Is The Thing With Feathers (3/7/15)
The flowers appear on the earth, the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land. -Song of Solomon 2:12 The word for today: Hope. Special Music for prayer and...
View ArticleRing The Bells That Still Can Ring (3/11/15)
I read these words five days ago on March 6th, and they have stayed with me. Please read them slowly and aloud to yourself. “Sit down in your chair, lay your head back, take in the anguish of the...
View ArticleIndividuation (3/12/15)
“Everything that is in the heavens, on earth, and under the earth is penetrated with connectedness, penetrated with relatedness.” -Hildegard of Bingen John Sanford was an Episcopal priest, Jungian...
View ArticleSoulful Poetry (3/13/15)
I was late in coming to appreciate poetry. Probably not until my late 30s did I wake up to the joy and deep wisdom in poetry. Poetry can be soulful – often transformational. I invite you to read this...
View ArticleWhat Kind Of Day Will You Have Today (3/14/15)
What kind of day will you have today? Words to ponder in your heart. Please read these words prayerfully, slowly, and aloud to yourself. “Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me...
View ArticleWhere Do You Experience The Sacred – Part Two (3/16/15)
“When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, ‘Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of it.’ He was afraid and said, ‘How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of...
View ArticlePrayers For All Military Families
Good Morning! Prayers for all military families. One percent of our population does all the fighting and dying to keep us alive and free. We owe them a debt beyond our ability to repay. “These are...
View ArticleA Prayer and Poem For You
Good Morning — The Serenity Prayer by Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the...
View ArticleFrom You I receive
COMPANIONS — COMMUNITY — COMMUNION — SURROUNDED BY A COMPANY OF SAINTS A good friend, Dr. Tom, wrote yesterday about the importance of friends and colleagues, leading me to think of the word...
View ArticleInterspirituality
Good morning! My favorite word these days is Interspirituality –may it become a favorite of yours too. We are in need of some kind of a common ground, a mystical ecumenism, a creation centered...
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