“…now that he was safe, out of poverty’s reach, he no longer felt that keen sense of happiness. He lived in comfort and peace, which was already lucky. He had money. Yet that wild happiness, the kind one must wrest from life, that was behind him.” – The House of Scorta by Laurent Gaude I’ve […]
Read MoreMaybe, sometimes the miracle isn’t flawlessness but redemption. The humility or hurt that allows for vulnerability instead of seeking cover – that allows another to care or help or hope for someone maybe even in the midst of their own need. And maybe the miracle isn’t being able but being needy and finding enough in […]
Read MoreCan I tell you about my first sanctuary? It wasn’t in the scratchy mustard yellow pews and burgundy carpet of my church with the stained glass windows that have since been replaced. I learned how to worship there, but that’s not the first place I learned to worship. (I learned much later how to worship […]
Read MoreIt’s not Heaven that holds us to a standard we can’t possibly reach – it’s the world. Heaven, though a lofty place, offers us access, immediate and unconditional access, through our belief. It isn’t Heaven that keeps moving the bar a little higher. It’s us. It’s our employers or our culture or our church or […]
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