There is a simple but searching truth at the heart of the spiritual life: we cannot love what we do not know. And we cannot know God—truly know God—without giving Him our attention.
Continue reading “Hearing the Voice of the Shepherd”
The deepest truth about the human heart is also the simplest: it was made for Christ. Every longing, every ache for meaning, every restless search for peace bends toward Him like a flower turning toward the sun. He is the heart’s Principle, its Terminus, its Goal, the One in whom all our seeking finally comes to rest.
Continue reading “The One for Whom My Heart Was Made”
Watching the sunrise at Red Rocks in Colorado already feels like a liturgy written into the earth itself, but waking at 4:00 a.m. to get there adds its own kind of devotion. As I stepped out of bed in the dark, an unexpected anticipation rose in me—almost as if creation itself had extended an invitation. To sit there in the Amphitheatre as the first light spilled over the sandstone felt like participating in something God began long before I arrived, a quiet companionship with the generosity of creation.
Continue reading “The Rise of Generosity”
The Feast of Corpus Christi draws us back to the heart of our faith: a God who not only comes near, but who gives himself entirely—Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity—for the life of the world. And this Feast is not confined to a single Sunday, it continues in us. We become the living procession, carrying Christ into every place our feet touch.
Continue reading “A Feast of Generous Love”
There are moments in life when love becomes something deeper than affection or companionship. It becomes witness. It becomes reverence. Walking beside my husband through his long health journey has taught me this in ways I never expected.
Continue reading “Strength That Grows in Suffering”
Lately I’ve been drawn to poetry. Resting on the words that touch me, noticing them, and creating space for their wisdom. I’m sharing one such prayer/poem from the Center for Action and Contemplation Practice on Being Born of the Spirit. May you breathe in new life!
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There are some ideas that stay with you long after you first hear them. Richard Rohr’s description of the Holy Spirit is one of those ideas, simple, tender, and quietly revolutionary. He writes of an Inner Reminder, an Inner Rememberer, the One who gathers up every scattered piece of our lives and holds them in love.
Continue reading “The Spirit Who Holds Us Together”
Some days the spiritual life feels complicated, but Scripture keeps handing us simple, steady markers—quiet signposts that help us walk in the light.
Continue reading “Markers for a Life of Truth”
There is a way of reading Psalm 101 that turns the spotlight outward—toward “evil men,” corrupt influences, and those who walk in darkness. But there is another, more tender and more courageous reading: the “evil men” are not strangers at all. They are the wounded, frightened, unhealed parts within us that still speak in crooked ways, still wander from the straight path, still cling to old patterns of self‑protection.
Continue reading “Welcoming Wisdom Within”
There is a truth so tender and so bold that Peter can only name it with the language of new birth: You have been born anew… from imperishable seed.
Continue reading “The Imperishable Seed Within”
