My prayer (pictured above) asks for our healing—body, mind, and spirit. How can our world, still reeling from Covid, war, and mounting divisiveness, be healed? We need grace, Divine intervention, if you will. We also need to see. To see the possibility of a better...
Add Public Speaking to Your Comfort Zone Add Public Speaking to Your Comfort Zone It was my first-year teaching theology at the school, and I’d foolishly agreed to speak to the 900+ educational community at a prayer service. What was I thinking when I said yes?...
THE PRACTICE OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD We all can enjoy great intimacy with God! Brother Lawrence, a Carmelite monk of the 17th-century, was the chief cook of his order and was always in the kitchen. His position was perfect for him because he made it his project to...
Tune in to the Drama Within Many of us have more or less sworn off “drama.” We realize some people manufacture torment in their lives and relationships because it gives them something to do, enemies to fight, problems to gnaw on. We know there’s no need...
Divine Encounter I Struggled to Give My Son a Faith I Didn’t Have I flew out of bed at the sound of Brian’s chilling screams. My five-year-old sometimes had bad dreams, but this was different. The air in his room seemed charged with danger and dread. “It’s okay,...
Twilight Zone (Or Lost) I was five years old, squirming in my chair. My haircut successfully completed, I was waiting for my mom’s hair to be finished. “Honey, do you want to walk home all by yourself?” Today Mom’s hairdresser would call Child Services, but we lived...
