Writings for the Journey

Our life consists most of the time in predictable happenings each day. And yet there arecertain times when events become extraordinary. We become deeply aware of what ishappening to us and around us. We could call them mystical, or as some psychologists wouldcall...

Do you have a glad heart? When you are able to see beyond your own personalpreoccupations, and have the opportunity to serve another, it might open up thepossibility. It becomes easier to experience gladness when you are able to meetanother’s needs. Think of the many...

We would like to think that we have friendships that would last all of our lives. But in reality,that does not often happen in the everchanging circumstances of our lives. There arechanges in locations, changes because of death, and changes in many other unplanned...

When we think about our life and who we are, it probably will not come to us in abstractideas. Rather weighing into the meaning and purpose of our lives might come by telling ourstory.A story usually has a beginning, a middle and an end. It usually contains a...

Julian of Norwich, a spiritual guide in the Middle Ages, speaks of a time when beingclumsy, she spilt milk over the table and on to the floor. She had a mother who wasnot angry or cross with her for doing this, but immediately helped her to clean up themess.Julian...

What is happening now? Is this the moment in which God is present to us? It can be.When it really comes down to it, all we have any real assurance about is this presentmoment. Of course, we can spend this time thinking about what happened or did nothappen yesterday or...

Scripture tells us to be in the world and not of it. What does that mean? Does it meanto isolate oneself from current events? Does it mean to refrain from helping to meetthe challenges that the world faces today? What it could mean is that we shouldbolster ourselves...

Have you ever been told that you are totally responsible for something? This would meanthat the success or failure of a “project” was on your shoulders. I would say that that ideawas a little simplistic. It reminds me of the saying, “We make plans and God laughs.”...

We live each day of our lives keenly aware of what needs to be accomplished during that day,in our relationships, in our work, for our health, and in the routine that gets us moving tomeet the challenges ahead of us. Maybe there is a little time for reflection. Maybe...

As we travel down the road to meet our destiny, in our mind’s eye we know that thatinvolves God’s special relationship with us. God’s love for us in Christ has beenimplanted in us from the beginning. We are made in God’s image and are meant tocomplete our calling,...