Beatitudes Blog

When Christians Persecute
A reality check for people of faith.

Forgiveness: When Unruly Anger Comes of Age
On the inner transformation that comes with forgiveness.

Healing Howl from the Heart
On a powerful healing prayer….

Pollution Wars: How the Kindness of Jesus Offended and Healed
A meditation on why they killed Jesus and why we still praise him.

Shining Like the Sun with Thomas Merton on Fourth & Walnut, Louisville
On a visit to a sacred street corner.

Saints at Work
Consecrate your job one act of kindness at a time.

Running Naked Into the Night
A disciple’s haunted memory from the garden of Gethsemane.

The Lord’s Prayer and a Grateful Heart
On the Lord’s Prayer in biblical context and the context of your life.

When Love Reshapes Suffering
How love transforms suffering.

Three Dimensions of Peace & Peacemaking
While we’re on the subject of building a wall….

Mystic in the Mirror
What is your image of a mystic?

Receive Mercy and Your Christmas Is Just Beginning
Keep the Christmas party going!
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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