Author: Charles LaFond

Lord, I stand at my window and wait for you with basil in the window-box I dream of the farm I do not have. With a small place to live…

Jesus used real-life metaphors to teach us how to live the spiritual life.  He spoke of wine and bread, wheat and coins, seeds and harvests.  He so often said "The…

When we breath in and out, there is a space between those two events.  That space seems to me to be connected to that great myth-moment in which God brooded…

This is the lid of one of the funeral urns I am making for a show at Edge Gallery next month.  The vessel holds cremains (the remains from cremation -…

The elephant with whom I lived in Thailand taught me more than any living sentient being on the planet. I have liked most of my teachers and tried to love…

An orchid, resting on a bed of ice is beautiful. The softness of the petals and the hardness of the ice; along with the one thing they have so much…

When Jesus encounters Mary and Martha, the house is busy.  Mary sits at Jesus’ feet while Martha is busy in the kitchen trying to get food prepared for the many…

  Today is a day for Sabbath-making.  Lunch will be a cacao e pepe in a Parmesan bowl with a glass of red wine and some home-made pickles. This simple…

The Holy Spirit is wild. I love that the celtic church called her "The Wild Goose."   I have seen wild gooses and I get it!  I can see why their…

It always amazes me that so much that happened in our scriptures, happened in the dark. God's brooding over the earth as creation unfolded, happened in the dark. Half of…