RESTING OR WRESTLING and a Toast for All of Us How did you spend your weekend—resting or wrestling? And if you’re wrestling, what do you need most right now? My weekend was shaped by our spiritual direction school, where nearly-graduated directors leaned into the hard but holy work of steadying their nervous systems …
Artist: Stacey Livingston slivingston@ccmonline.org The Prophetic Work of Tears We must learn how to weep over violence in all its forms. Violent words and violent weapons are destroying us. When a member of our family was murdered, we encountered every kind of response you can imagine. Some were helpful, many were not. That is why …
ALL SHALL BE WELL? Heart of Stone from the foot of St. Columba’s Rock, Iona, Scotland – 2025 (nestled in Mom’s Sculpture) (CSR Ministry Community on Retreat—from the US to Italy—committed to soul wellness across the globe. Ministry friends online behind us on the screen=) All Shall Be Well: Soul Wellness in a Weary World …
It’s Me. I’m the Problem. Photo Credit –rishabh-dharmani It’s Me. I’m the Problem. (Today’s Lectionary Passages: read here Luke 13:10–17, Isaiah 58:9–14) Let’s Take the Challenge: “Who’s the Problem?” Let’s try a little honesty exercise: read the situation, then ask yourself—who’s the problem here? Spoiler: it might be closer than you think. Because as Taylor …
Heart of Stone— Heart of Flesh Heart of Stone from the foot of St. Columba’s Rock, Iona, Scotland – 2025 (nestled in Mom’s Sculpture) The Rock That Found Me In what wild, weird, and wonderful ways does God communicate with you? I have a history of conversations with rocks — and awe is always …