My Soul In Silence Waits
My Soul In Silence Waits

My Soul In Silence Waits

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As a product of my culture, my racial illiteracy has rested on a simplistic definition of a racist…

The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices. God gives us the capacity for choice. We…

Jun 7 · 5 min read

Pandemic …

What if you thought of it  as the Jews consider the Sabbath-  the most sacred of times?  Cease from travel.  Cease from buying and selling…

Mar 14 · 2 min read

Illuminating The Darkness Of Difficult Times …

Awake, my dear.  Be kind to your sleeping heart.  Take it out in the vast field of Light  And let it breathe.  — Hafiz from I Heard God…

Nov 8, 2019 · 4 min read

Different Paths …

I add my breath to your breath  that our days may be long on the Earth,  that the days of our people may be long,  that we shall be as one…

Oct 25, 2019 · 2 min read

A Companion That Walks Beside Us …

Empathy is connection … Empathy is connecting with the emotion that someone is experiencing, not the event or the circumstance. …

Oct 18, 2019 · 2 min read

Invisible Connections (The Beauty of Our Lives) …

Think of yourself as an incandescent power, illuminated and perhaps forever talked to by God and his messengers.  ― Brenda Ueland from If…

Oct 13, 2019 · 2 min read

Autumn Sunset …

Autumn in my part of the world is a season of bounty and beauty. It’s also a season of steady decline-and, for some of us, a slow slide…

Oct 5, 2019 · 3 min read

From Acorn Into Oak Tree …

If you took a blue spruce tree and planted it in the desert, it would obviously perish. How do we forget that we too are living systems…

Sep 28, 2019 · 3 min read

House Of Light …

Ten times a day something happens to me like this — some strengthening throb of amazement — some good sweet empathic ping and swell. This…

Sep 13, 2019 · 5 min read

The Earth Is Burning (Prayers For The Amazonian Rainforest #PrayforAmazonia & Climate Change…

For us to regard the bomb, the dying seas, or the poisoned air as monstrous injustices would suggest that we never took seriously the…

Aug 23, 2019 · 3 min read

Don’t Squander Joy …

Don’t squander joy. We can’t prepare for tragedy and loss. When we turn every opportunity to feel joy into a test drive for despair, we…

Aug 17, 2019 · 3 min read

There Are Words In Us (Meditations for Writers) …

First, get settled. Breathe. Big, deep, full breaths, taken slowly. Clear your mind of words. Be wordless. Then, open your eyes and write…

Aug 11, 2019 · 4 min read

Prophets Are Already Among Us …

In every region, everywhere, they are the unsung but mighty voices of community, high-mindedness, and deep resolve. They are the prophets…

Jul 28, 2019 · 3 min read

To Enter the Song (The Real Challenge in Creativity) …

I believe that we learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living…

Jul 20, 2019 · 6 min read

Empathy …

When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don’t blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not doing well. It may need…

Jul 16, 2019 · 4 min read

Hope Nonetheless …

Hoping against hope, he believed. -Romans 4:18

Jul 6, 2019 · 4 min read

Love Is The Superstar Virtue Of Virtues …

If we are stretching to live wiser and not just smarter, we will aspire to learn what love means, how it arises and deepens, how it…

Jun 8, 2019 · 3 min read

Uncommon Generosity, Uncommon Courage …

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May 26, 2019 · 5 min read

The Issue Of Fairness …

As long as we see what has come to pass as being unfair, we’ll be a prisoner of what might have been.

May 11, 2019 · 3 min read

Labyrinths: No Step Taken In Faith Is Wasted …

How far I have to go to find you in whom I have already arrived!  — Thomas Merton

May 9, 2019 · 4 min read