MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE
I was reminded in the night of the various stories through the years of those who had found a bottle washed ashore with a message […]
Journals
LOVE THE EARTH
I’m still thinking concerning yesterday’s Journal entry on the Love the Animals. Not only are the animals our love focus, but the earth also our […]
LOVE THE ANIMALS
Fr. Zossima in Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s ‘The Brothers Karamazov’ wrote: “Love the animals: God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled. Do not trouble […]
BREAD OF LIFE
The miracle of the loaves and fishes is recorded in all four gospels: Matthew 14, Mark 6, Luke 9, John 6 Mark 6:41-44“And He took […]
YOU SAW THEM MADE
I am still thinking about the ‘eyes of the heart’ from yesterday’s Journal entry. As I was sorting through this I remembered (actually I had […]
EYES OF THE HEART
Faith is processing something perhaps not yet fully experienced or fully believed. It is seeing without seeing and believing without seeing. It is seeing with […]
A CHARITABLE HEART
Isaac of Nineveh (613-700) a Syrian monk and theologian wrote: “What is a charitable heart? It is a heart that is burning with love for the […]
NAME CHANGE
I have been thinking that everyone should have the opportunity to change our name every seven years… if we want to. For example: If a […]
A PLACE CALLED HOME
Joan Chitister, Benedictine nun and author wrote: “In each of us there is a place where we go in the middle of chaos to escape from […]
SOMETIMES THE MOMENT HAS PASSED
Sometimes the moment has passed. It is then wise to consider the circumstances, timing and investment. With this information we go on to the next […]