Transfiguration

I’m not so sure (when it comes right down to it) that I really want to see You as You are full of glory and might. Just as I shy away from seeing me as I really am and as I could be. Cover Yourself with a cloud, O Christ, so that I can’t see You fully,...

To Love My Enemy

You, O LORD, are God and you are my God so teach me to love my enemy, which is my own spirit: to love my spirit despite her cowardice and to believe that she is capable of fierce strength for bold living. Teach me to love my enemy, which is my own heart: to love my...

Swim, Ride, Run, Breathe

The first thing worth saying is that I should apologize to my friend for taking two years to read her book. The second thing worth saying is that Swim, Ride, Run, Breathe: How I Lost a Triathlon and Caught My Breath is beautiful and quirky and encouraging, and I love...

Love Never Fails

Time and time again, I am blessed to know the good people and the beautiful work of Paraclete Press. Most recently, I am moved by the thoughtfulness of word and art in Paraclete’s new book, Love Never Fails: A Journal to be Inspired by the Power of Love by Hilda...

Sacred Habits

In addition to my experience of Carol Howard Merritt’s new book, Healing Spiritual Wounds, as part of a larger conversation on Church & faith in the 21st century, recently new to the same conversation is a collection of essays entitled Sacred Habits: The...

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