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At some moment I did answer Yes to Someone — or Something — and from that hour I was certain that existence is meaningful and that, therefore, my life in self-surrender had a goal. — Dag Hammarskjöld To be in control of one’s destiny, job, or finances is nearly... Read More →

“Protect us from what?” you ask. Busyness may be our shelter from the hard, cold fact that our relationship with Christ has become perfunctory. We may live in an illusory world, remembering greener days without recognizing that our zeal has waned. But if we keep busy enough, the... Read More →

The first Christian mystics appear in the Bible, figures like John the Evangelist and Paul of Tarsus. But mysticism didn’t end when the Bible was written. Great mystics appear in every century of Christian history. By the fourth and fifth centuries, when Christianity became... Read More →

The scapegoating ritual described in Leviticus 16 offers a helpful perspective on Jesus’ death. On the “Day of Atonement” the high priest, Aaron, was instructed to symbolically lay all the sins of the people on one unfortunate goat, and the people would then beat the animal until... Read More →

In my garden grows a Heart and Soul to which I must attend, A delightful herb that will endure: constant and unfailing. Bringing forth a welcome aroma that will never end, Its sweet and fragrant perfume is fresh each morning. Tend the Heart and Soul in this sacred place, That it... Read More →