rule of life

This is my meditation candle.  I found it in a scratch and dent shelf for $5 and it is my new favorite candle.  (I have a lot of favorite candles.)…

In the farthest pasture of Blackwater Bluff, my retreat house in New Hampshire there is a tree next to an outdoor kitchen oven - this tree.  When the house was…

This carving from the MET in New York is of a Madonna and child with a book on Mary's lap alongside Jesus.  Jesus comes to us as the LOGOS or…

  Wandering from a the churchyard of a medieval church on land which had once been the summer residence of the Bishop of London, this door opens from one garden…

Bread. I had a dinner party last night with friends.  The house was full of warmth and laughter while we ate simple dishes, one course at a time, and one…

Today is my sabbath day.  Waking up to it is like waking up on Christmas morning as a child.  For a moment there is a lack of recognition.  Thoughts stream…

  Isaiah 65:17-25 For I am about to create new heavens and a new earth; the former things shall not be remembered or come to mind. But be glad and…

LIke the Episcopal Church, Mormonism is a branch of the Christian faith full of wonderful aspects of human life but run through with the frailties and insecurities and narcissism of…

This is a grilled cheese sandwich with jalapeno peppers.  This crunchy package of cheesy, spicy, buttery wonderfulness is practically sacramental to me. When I need comfort food, as I do…

This marble carving of a girl is the baptismal font in a church in Rome whose patroness lost her child to death at this age.  This is a sculpture of…