Tag: journey
NASA Voyager 1 spacecraft nears interstellar space
Occasionally a post will be placed on the site because it reminds us of the magnificence of God’s creation.This article follows in that tradition. We are always trying to reach out — to people, communities, other nations, to God. I wonder if we ever stopped trying to reach what would happen to us as a… Read More ›
Our lives have meaning
For the Christian, the Word, or Christ is the way to seek to understand life and what it is about. In Christ, God emptied himself and dived full bodied into our human experience with all of its joys and sufferings. Perhaps each religion does this, gives tools to help us make sense of our lives… Read More ›
The need for a “star” to guide us
How striking is the symbol of the star that recurs in all the images of Christmas and Epiphany! It still gives rise to deep feelings although, as with so many other sacred signs, it risks becoming common place because of its commercial overuse. Restored to its original context, the star we contemplate over the crib also speaks to the mind and heart… Read More ›
Restless
Lack of sleep, overwork, or simple dissipation of energy in frivolous pursuits, and of course ill health, can be only some of the influences on our inner life that can lead to ‘restlessness’. I think the term “Waiting for the Lord”, deals with this very common experience for human beings, as they continue their journey… Read More ›
The Journey never ends
I will always fail to live out my commitment as a Christian, for I am still on my journey. So I fall and rise and keep going, not allowing my inner voices to detour me from what I am called to become. I suppose, again, our beliefs will tell each of us what that ‘being… Read More ›
Lessons from the labyrinth
In the Christian tradition there is a saying: “God works in secret”. I believe that is true. It is our openness, our readiness to start anew at every turn, that inner hope that starves off despair…. is I believe what we are about. I have found that in doing this, something deeper goes on; it… Read More ›
The road towards healing
We are healed of suffering only by experiencing it to the full. By Marcel Proust From Days of Healing-Days of hope Published by Hazelden How I wish healing was as easy as stepping into a shower, soaping up and then rinsing off. Afterwards there is a feeling of refreshment and cleansing. Life does not seem… Read More ›