To hold nothing back in every breath is a spiritual practice. For forty-nine years I have found that hesitation, more than anything, has been the invisible hitch that has kept me from joy. I’ve found that the moment with all its meaning often moves on by the time...
Let the opposing voices in your head speak. They are only finding their part in a larger, yet to be heard song. Being alive is a paradox, an ongoing mix of things that on the surface doesn’t always seem to make sense. But voicing what doesn’t seem to make sense...
If I had experienced different things, I would have different things to say. So often, I have felt troubled and guilty bearing witness to my pain, and yet, not to make things worse. Somehow, in saying just what Mother had done in her cruel need to be the center, or...
“How can one be born again?” Nicodemus to Jesus I often think Nicodemus, the one Pharisee who secretly believed in Jesus and who would meet with him anonymously at night to have deep spiritual conversations, but who would never acknowledge his questions of spirit or...
The glassblower knows: while in the heart of beginning, any shape is possible. Once hardened, the only way to change is to break. With the precise tools of modern medicine, unborn children who are malforming or experiencing obstructions can now be operated on in...
