a life of clear “yes” and “no”
Color works in reverse. This smooth-cut emerald is green because it absorbs other colors and rejects the color we see. Black absorbs all color which is one of the reasons…
friendship’s faithfullness
Yesterday friends and I talked for many hours. We allowed the space between us to midwife deeper friendship and the presence of God was palpable. Making friendship is a craft…
Holy Innocents
The Family Flees: French, wood and egg tempra, 14h century, Metropolitan Museum or Art. The Feast of the Holy Innocents is a rude awakening from Christmas bundles, boxes and bows. …
gifts, longings and attachments in Advent
This window panel from the cathedral nave is of the visit to the Christ child with gifts. It reminds me of that particular discipline of Advent in which we wait…
Friendship: doors within doors
Advent is a season in which locked doorways open. Advent is also a season in which we see the light seeping in from beneath, around and above the doorways of…
three poisons
(photo: Three flower prayer ropes on ice -a Thailand flower market) In Buddhism as in Christianity and so many other religious traditions, three of the great poisons in life are…
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…
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,…
change
A sudden snow fall in Denver today has blanketed the land with white, heavy snow. It is, for an easterner, confusing to have so much snow in mid-May on…
our cell and our hard-drive space
Anthony of Egypt is a saint of the 4th century who went off into the dessert in order to be alone with God. Many consider him a founder of what…