Last weekend, a group of friends and I drove up to the Jesuit Retreat House in Osh Kosh, Wisconsin for a long-awaited weekend of silence. We spend three days being fed physically (without having to cook) and spiritually (without being able to help ourselves), while pondering the wisdom of our retreat director, wandering the gorgeous […]
Slow and steady like the beating of a drum,from the depths –You call. In You,I discover a landscapethat is always responsiveyet unchanging –completely secure,yet full of surprises. You are the diamond brilliance of stars like a crown,the silky petals of a rose closing all around,the fresh blanket of snow that isn’t cold, a wellspring of […]
Sometimes I forget the power that livesinside of me. My heart turns to static,and I tune into anxiety,while the Kingdom of God hums patiently all around me. The truth is, I am a daughter of eternity. I can weave the frailty of my presenceinto the grandeur of Yours. I can lay my headon Your heartand […]
Daughter,I hope you dancewith the Author of Life. Feel free always,please. Sway with the tips of trees, and listen to the whispers of winds. Allow laughter to pour freely through you like a wild river of lifethrough dust,always creating something new … I hope you rest your eyes as sweet peace rises like the sun […]
It’s true,you wouldask me to walk off the edge of a cliff,wouldn’t you? That’s how you are. I shouldn’t be surprisedby your outrageous demands at this point. Of course, you wouldn’t let me fall.You’d be there to bear me up on eagle’s wings into the dawn like always- I believe that, I really do. But […]
I found You in the mud,trod upon andhiddenbut not broken –a diamond buried in a quicksand of judgement,derision, gossip, fear, indifference and lies – shining anyway,from withinjust brightly enough to catch my eye through it all –encapsulated safely in the wombof Your own power. I cleaned You and placed You gleamingon the highest shelf of […]
The world can’t give you what you really want. Be careful about even looking out therefor too long at the chaos you can’t control – like a tornado,it will uproot your life …and send you spinning off into the distance away from everything you’ve been hoping foreven after all you’ve done. Peace startsin the basement,within […]
Beneath the rubbleof the worst thingthat ever happened to you,your biggest mistakeand the unbearable weight of your grief is the shiny gemof who you have always beenand what you are meant to create –Let’s move boulders and dig her out together.Let’s dust off the remnants of what’s passed,so she can finally baskin the Light. The […]
When you pray,be openas the entirety of earth,and allow miraculous love like rainto fallinto the cracksof your dry valleys andsoak into the depths of your soil. Don’t hideyour active volcanoes from the powerthat can diffusemolten lavaand transformdusty old cratersinto reservoirs that overflow. Let grace wash away the mildew of ordinary life,and replace it with fresh […]
Today,I am going to stop trying so hard to do it right,and I’m going to trust divine handsenoughto lay downin the valley and restfor a little while. On my backwith a patch of wildflowers growing all around me,I am going to sinkinto the deep comfortof my rootsand allow myselfto be nourishedby the depths of earthand […]