November 11, 2026
Letting God Transform Our Hurt
Look at the wonderful exuberant flowers painted by the famous Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh. What grief, what sadness, what melancholy he experienced in his difficult life!
November 10, 2026
Already Free
Contemplative prayer deepens in us the knowledge that we are already free…
November 9, 2026
At Home in Your Body
Human embodiment does present an earthly challenge to our restless bodies and souls.
November 8, 2026
The Vocation of Peace-Making
What we are called to is a life of peacemaking in which all that we do, say, think, or dream is part of our concern to bring peace to this world.
November 7, 2026
A Liberating and Creative Presence
Our true self is in God. As we are told again and again in John’s Gospel, we can love others because God first loves us.
November 6, 2026
A Liberating and Creative Presence
Our true self is in God. As we are told again and again in John’s Gospel, we can love others because God first loves us.
November 5, 2026
Moving From Death Toward Life
Jesus is able to move around in the most difficult situations, not only physically and emotionally, but spiritually.
November 4, 2026
Seeing God
The Spirit of God in us recognizes God in the world. The eyes and ears by which we see God in others are in fact spiritual sensitivities that allow us to receive our neighbors as messengers of God.
November 3, 2026
New Life and Hope
The knowledge of Jesus’ heart is a knowledge of the heart. And when we live in the world with that knowledge, we cannot do other than bring healing, reconciliation, new life and hope wherever we go.
November 2, 2026
Love is Stronger than Death
The seeds of death are at work in us, but love is stronger than death.
November 1, 2026
Our True Identity
Our identity is in the One who loves us. This saves us from our false self, which is anxiously dependent on others’ opinions and leads us to sell our souls to the world and to the Evil One who rules the world.
October 31, 2026
Held Safe
Long before we were born, we already had been seen, known, loved, and held safe in God’s hands.
October 30, 2026
An Enfleshed Life
Real spiritual life is an enfleshed life. In the Incarnation, Christ did not cling to his divinity but emptied himself and became human (Phil. 2).
October 29, 2026
Open Hearts
When I relate to my past with remorse, shame, or guilt, the danger is that I will harden my heart and be unable to discern the divine presence within and without. When my heart is hardened, it is closed, unavailable, and cold.
October 28, 2026
Claiming Joy
The great challenge is to claim the joy that Jesus offers us. Jesus is God of the living.
October 27, 2026
Making True What is True
Spiritual discipline involves following the Lord, in the sense of becoming who he says we are, making true what is true, that is, claiming our connected relationship with God and one another and living it out.
October 26, 2026
Toward the Real
The mystical life is the life by which I grow toward what is real and away from illusion, the life that grows into true relationship.
October 25, 2026
Living Fully Each Day
God is Spirit and the Source of all love. Our spiritual journey calls us to seek and find this living God of Love in prayer, worship, spiritual reading, spiritual mentoring, compassionate service to the poor, and good friends.
October 24, 2026
Send Me
Each of us has a mission in life. Jesus prays to his Father for his followers, saying, “As you have sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world” (John 17:18 NRSV).
October 23, 2026
Regular Spiritual Practice
Yes, it is possible not to belong to the dark powers, not to build our dwelling place among them, but to choose the house of love as our true home.