The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not…
Mother’s Day should not so much be about buying cards and gifts for mothers, as about paying forward the wisdom (or mother wit) we receive from mothers. To fully understand that invites us to explore two questions: (1) How do we define who is a mother? And (2) How can we identify what is true mother wisdom? Mother’s Day, as…
Heroes, Villains and Complicated Figures “Stay with me, God. The night is dark. The night is cold; my little spark Of courage dies. The night is long; Be with me, God, and make me strong.” from A Soldier—His Prayer (Anonymous) As a nation, we tend to determine who is given permission to grieve and who…
The Universality of Grief The way I feel They say there is a reason, They say that time will heal, But neither time nor reason, Will change the way I feel, No-one knows the heartache, That lies behind my smile, No-one knows how many times, I have broken down and cried, I want…
He did not say: You will not be troubled, you will not be belabored, you will not be afflicted; but he said: You will not be nvercome. ~ Mother Julian of Norwich My calling to ministry began more than 35 years ago, not with dreams of preaching to a full sanctuary but as a…