GREATER AUTHORITY
There is a principle I learned many years ago and still believe it to be an absolute truth: The greater the authority one has…the less […]
Journals
THE WEAVER AND THE WORM
James Thurber (1894-1961) journalist and artist wrote: “A weaver watched in wide-eyed wonder a silkworm spinning its cocoon in a white mulberry tree. “Where do […]
LITTLE THINGS
George Everard (1828-1901) pastor and author wrote about the precious rule, “whatever you do, do all to the glory of God,” and said… “No single […]
LOSING OUR SHIRT
It is so easy to deceive ourselves into thinking we are doing ‘right things’ because we belong to the ‘right group’ or organization. Even more […]
SON, BEHOLD YOUR MOTHER
Ray McGlothlin is patriarch to a special family. I know Ray and this family and thought this was great verse for his wife Kay… and […]
ATTTENTION AND PRAYER
Simone Weil (1909-1943) French Christian mystic, philosopher, wrote, “Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.We have to try to cure our faults by […]
RECOVERING ORIGINAL CONDITION
We find Jesus as we explore each gift that the Holy Spirit brings and gives to explain and define Him. All other definitions are pale […]
DISCIPLINES AND GIFTS
The basics of solitude, prayer, meditation, fasting, contemplation, scripture reading, giving with abandonment of all things, simplicity, and such are ways of shaping a ‘monastic […]
COURAGE FOR OUR CONSCIENCE
Joan Chittister (Benedictine Nun) wrote in ‘Prayer for the Conscience and Courage’ God of light and God of darkness,God of conscience and God of couragelead […]