King Lear

From “Listening to Your Life: Daily Meditations with Frederick Buechner” by Frederick Buechner THERE WOULD BE a strong argument for saying that much of the most powerful preaching of our time is the preaching of the poets, playwrights, novelists because it is often they better than the rest of us who speak with awful honesty […]

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Perfection

From “Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life” by Richard Rohr If there is such a  thing as human perfection, it seems to emerge precisely from how we handle the imperfection that is everywhere, especially our own. What a clever place for God to hide holiness, so that only the humble and

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For Getting Stuck

From “Shine Your Light: 77 Blessings to Clear Your Energy and Claim Your God-Given Calling” by Kate King Sometimes, I wonder if I need to get stuck Get stuck in my own head Or in a certain place It is almost as if I need The stuckness at times I look at this Block in

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Divided no more

From “Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation” by Parker J. Palmer By surviving passages of doubt and depression on the vocational journey, I have become clear about at least one thing: self-care is never a selfish act – it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift

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