HOLY THREADS

After the global pandemic, after sharing years of shared ministry and struggle, I am watching dear friends leave the church. Some are just leaving ministry for other pursuits. Too many have suffered severe trauma which rattles me to the core and can no longer abide within an institution that allows such behavior. Most are burned…

The mystic Julian of Norwich, who struggled with pain all her life, came to believe that if she could remain open to the experiences within her body, she might find herself more fully in the presence of God than she could if she limited her experience to her mind. How to practice The practice that follows  from…

There is no way to fully grasp the love of God but the stillness of this prayer practice hopes to glimpse what feels so vast. By focusing on one sacred word that speaks to the divine connection, like Abba, Jesu, Spirit, love, peace, there is new focus on the relationship that one shares with God.…

Lent is a season to struggle with what it means to be human. We begin with ashes on our foreheads to remind us that we are mortal. We will not live forever. We will not accomplish all our dreams. We are limited to this mortal frame, these few years, this tender flesh. We want so…

More often than not, I let silence begin and end the time I share with my directees. God works with the silence and we can sometimes hear better when we slow down ourselves to listen — especially when we have spent so much time wondering aloud about what in the world God is doing but…