Beatitudes Blog

Christmas Questions: What Do You Want? What Are You Waiting For?
Ask the right questions this Advent season.

Black Friday Pilgrimage to Thomas Merton’s Grave
How I spent Black Friday.

Mindfulness: Praying With Thich Nhat Hanh
From the inspiring life and teaching of Thich Nhat Hanh….

Drop Your Story, Let Go, and Grab a Mooring
On the turn you take from mourning to hope.

National Memorial for Peace & Justice: Reflection on a Visit
A gift to my soul as a Southern, white man.

Sources of Light: My Contribution to Disciplines 2019
Inspiration from Upper Room Disciplines 2019 by a writer and reader.

Freedom to Love
On a better kind of freedom.

Was Jesus a Religious Man?
An affirmation of religion in an age of doubt.

Intimacy With God: To Trust or Not to Trust
How Jesus’ invitation to intimacy still challenges us.

Making Peace with Beauty
How making peace with your body can help you bring peace to the world.

Praying for What You Want
Why petitionary prayer is much more than treating God like a short-order cook.

Wild Goose Festival 2018: Faces That Keep Calling Me Back
Reflection on another wonderful Wild Goose Festival.
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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