Beatitudes Blog

Suffering Well During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic challenges us to reflect on our attitude toward suffering.
Coronavirus and Your Spiritual Life: More Than Coping
On drawing nearer to God during the coronavirus crisis.
Use Psalm 23 For Sleeping and Waking
A fresh reading of the most familiar psalm.

Knowing God Whom You Cannot Prove
Analysis paralysis about God’s existence can chain you to your chair. Here’s a meditation on taking the leap.

Incarnation: How God Cleans Up a Fine Mess
A Lenten reflection on God’s incomprehensible mercy.
Seeking God on the Go
On attending to God in a busy life.

Good Mourning, Augustine: Lessons from Experience
Lessons on grief from one of history’s greatest teachers.

Buck the Honor/Shame System. Accept God’s Love.
Many find it challenging to accept God’s love. Here’s a way to understand that and beat it.

Cries from the Manger: A Forgotten Meaning of Christmas
Do not forget the consolation of Christmas discussed here!

The Prince of Peace and Us: Who Waits for Whom?
What peace is and how Jesus made it.

Reacquaint Yourself With Yourself This Season
How to make the most of the season.

“We Pray and Live As Well As We Love”
A few simple words on prayer, life, and love to guide the life of faith.
As a psychotherapist and spiritual director, I bring well-honed insight and skill to these posts; yet, my vulnerability plays a more important part, for more than advice from experts, serious people of faith need resonance with fellow travelers.
In my writing and in your reading and comments, may we face our challenges in God’s compassionate presence rather than in a private dressing room where we try in vain to make ourselves presentable to God at an appointed meeting. God meets us where we are.
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