Discernment in the garden of life
The clergy and staff are away at a retreat. Please keep us in your prayers. Heal my impatient heart which burns within me like a canker. Teach me not…
Dew drops and mindfulness
My thoughts sit on the web of my consciousness like so many drops of dew waiting for the drink, or for the sun, whichever comes first to take them away.…
Three Hours
Perhaps, as a priest, one should not admit to enjoying meditation in one's garden. Pounding through prescribed prayers with attention to seasonal shifts and situational demands for liturgical calculations served…
The Daily Sip will resume in September
Friends, The Daily Sip will be taking a short break and will resume in September. Thanks for your support and readership! Charles' brain is getting a much needed break for…
a shroud unveiled
Today is the eve of a sacred feast day. Tomorrow is the feast of the transfiguration. When I was a monk, I loved this day for its "first evensong"…
under-caffeinated
One of the side benefits of being hit head-on by a street train in Prague is that ICU wipes out one's caffeine addiction by inducing withdrawal and complete abstinence. Its…
Arrive Home
We have these times in our lives in which things simply shift. Plans, carefully made, with to-do lists and intricate formula for setting up a particular experience of life -…
A revolutionary line in a revolutionary prayer
A REVOLUTIONARY PRAYER Give us this day our daily bread. It rolls of the tongue so easily. The phrase just flows and tumbles out of our mouths like water…
ingredients
The ingredients of a life are important. Last night as I made dinner, I watched as Cass and I assembled the ingredients for our super. He prepped the pans…
dynamos and dinner
Jesus' energy is often referred to by the Greek word "dynamos" which refers to the released energy which makes something happen. It is how we get the words dynamite,…