Writings for the Journey

One of the key gifts the saints give to us is their willingness to forgive. No one isperfect. Being perfect is not why they were made saints. The saints had theirstruggles. Even the Apostles argued, but they recognized the God-life within eachperson and did not let...

What is a basic truth that has a hold on your life? It could be, I need to fit in; I need to win atany cost; I do not feel good about myself; I always seem to come up short; nothing lastsforever; and many more. Or it could be the truth that I am especially loved...

How does God see you? Is God most concerned about how many imperfections you have asyou live this challenging life? Or does God see the wonderful person God has created andloves unconditionally, the unique person God has created?Knowing who God is, for us is so...

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...