Spiritual illness or brokenness is all pervasive in our world, and it was ever thus. To a large degree, this goes unchallenged …

Let me begin with an inconvenient truth about this crazy life that we are all stumbling through together. Pretty much everyone eventually …

Inspired by the tweet of a friend on the wild and woolly twitter land a couple of days ago, I added some …

I recently wept, as I listened to song on YouTube. This is not an entirely unknown phenomenon for this old mystic. Actually, …

Under the lash of the kind of suffering outlined in my last post it is hardly surprising that many people have cried …

I am utterly spent and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart. (Ps 38:8). This does not sound like …

I recall one of my theology professors using the phrase “already, but not yet,” to explain the concept of the kingdom of …

It’s the heart, the heart, the damn heart, comrades, that is the star of the spiritual show. If you’ve had a bit …

An old sober booze hound, friend of mine, likes to tell the story about his first day off the drink. Apparently, some …

If, like me, you regularly howl at the moon, you might just be suffering from a severe case of what the Hebrews …

Amongst the oft quoted utterances of the Sufi mystic Rumi is the following little gem. “Your heart knows the way. Run in …

Sometimes you’ve just gotta get away with the pixies to see the real deal of the world.  There is no doubt that …