The trinity of parables in Luke 15 – lost coin, lost sheep, lost sons. The first doesn’t seem to get as much attention as the other two....

While protecting themselves from The pain of another broken heart, Silhouettes ran away, leaving Murky soul waters – Opaque, clouded with...

from C.S. Lewis’ letter to Walter Hopper on November 30, 1954 The goal of deeply knowing oneself is to forget oneself. Forgetting oneself...

“God is the God of the sufferers.” – Martin Buber “… our pain softens the shell that insulates us from the suffering of others.” – Emma...

Even though his father was a prominent member of Congress, Charles Lindbergh was still just a farm boy from Minnesota. When he made the...

Do you fall in love too easily? You’re hopelessly romantic. You keep falling in love only to wind up hurt. Emophilia is the psychological...

Swaying walnut trees above the rooftops Wave golden tipped arms over the Unmoving great blue heron in Frozen pose at river’s edge,...

There are two kinds of fears: rational and irrational. Rational fears are based on a real threat and serve to protect us by automatically...

My oldest child committed suicide when he was not quite 15-years-old. He was not mentally ill. He was not depressed or bipolar. He was...

There are numerous women in all of our lives. All of us, regardless of biology, have both a feminine and a masculine side to our...

Hermits appear in many myths. Two show up in Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene. Generally, the mythological hermits are good guys,...

The medieval legend of King Arthur and the Quest for the Holy Grail contains the story of Parsifal.[1] In folklore, the Holy Grail is the...

That all of nature is interconnected is a given. The symbiosis of pollinators and flowers, aspen groves, climate and weather, and gravity...

How do we enter the suffering of the world without being depressed, overwhelmed, or perpetually angry? The world is a mess. Humanity is...

Bad stuff happens – cancer, war, floods, fires, racism, betrayal, poverty … Two questions are often intertwined in the problem of evil....

I am a certified spiritual director, trained in the Benedictine tradition at the Global Online Benedictine Spiritual Direction Program in...

The shadow self is not evil or sinful; it is simply hidden. The heart of the universe is pure love. God is love – unconditional, perfect,...

People say there is nothing harder than losing a child. I can’t say for sure – there’s much I haven’t experienced. I can say that when my...

Because we are created, designed, and therefore evolved as rational, thinking beings, we humans often display an innate curiosity, a...

Affirm others Accept others Don’t judge others Be kind Be polite Don't seek approval through achievements. Look for the value in...