In my dreams I can swim like a porpoise.
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What do you want? For dinner, for Christmas, to learn?
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What is salvation? Salvation means to be removed from harm
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A single queen bee will not survive.
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Tic Tac Toe is a stupid game, but it gets us.
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Suffering exists. God is love. Love precludes suffering.
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There is a lake on the high desert plateau of Oregon which flows from a spring into the bowl of a dead volcano.
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As I write this, I am surrounded by miracles. Within and without.
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I stepped out of the psych ward and into the hall after visiting—we’ll call her Suzy. She was a preteen; a basketball playing, honest yet sneaky, beautiful, hilarious little girl.
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Our days on Iona were coming to a close. I had climbed Dun I. I had walked a good bit and had viewed the North Atlantic from every side of the isle. I had broken bread with pilgrims.
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The names in the following haven’t been changed to protect the innocent. No one in the following is innocent.
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The Lord’s Prayer, The Jesus Prayer, breath prayer, prompted prayer, extemporaneous prayer, be still and know…
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What would your theology be in one, simple sentence?
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In Luke, chapter 18, Jesus tells a story about two men praying in the synagogue. One is reminding himself, and God, that he is living the good life.
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The first chapter of The Samaritan’s Friend is my retelling of the marriage at Cana; the wedding recounted in John, chapter two, where the water gets turned into wine.
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Above you the light looks green. Below you is bottomless black depth.
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The sound of water splashing over stones erases all other sounds. You have been hovering on the edge of wakefulness for long enough to realize that the sound is getting louder.
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It is now deeply dark. It could have been hours or minutes ago that you climbed to the top of the stairs and pushed the door open to this room.
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Seven steps, a landing, eight more steps. As you ascend the steps, you pause on the landing. The stairs are oak, well worn, and clean.
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“Come in! Come in! There is a fire in the grate,” the bustle of the elderly couple brings a grin to your face. It’s not cold, but the fire is welcoming.
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