Mutual
One of the fascinating additive words in spiritual language is the word “mutual.” Added onto the word love, “mutual” is not additive in terms of...
Something Ends and Something Begins
Our spiritual lives evolve through different phases, shaped by our growing understanding of faith. At times, we face crises when old beliefs no longer serve...
Our Side of the Street
Today, we explore the complexities of human nature, including the subtle ways we can be drawn toward negativity. Swedenborg speaks of the “pleasures of insanity”,...
Our Children’s Choices
As parents the choices our children make can both throw us into turmoil or celebration, despair or pride… Today, we reflect on the choices our...
Is There a Gift at the Bottom?
What can we discover when we’ve reached the end of rope? When we are tapped out? As we begin today, let’s take a moment to...
Excavation
Life does have its painful moments for all of us. Some moments offer little in the ways of growth. Yet other painful experiences, while unpleasant,...
The Beauty of What We Don’t Know
Humility is key to the spiritual life … and it can be a humility that combines a beautiful combination of curiosity and joy. Today, we...
Perichoresis
TS Eliot famously wrote at that at the still point of the turning world was a dance … and that there was only the dance....
Love the Umbrella
We have to be careful we don’t fall into the belief that we are the only ones who “get it.” God’s love is an umbrella,...
The Joy – Curiosity Connection
What is it to love to community AND to love those in our communities? Today, let’s reflect on the beautiful connection between joy and curiosity,...
