I was born on the cusp of dawn in a wild Irish forest near the edge of a deep-water lake, and to …

I was listening to an old sober booze-hound friend the other night sharing about his meditation journey. “Find your quiet place,” said …

A couple of years ago I learned of the passing of an Iranian friend. He was one of the multitude of people …

Said he to me, with a rich man’s glee, “there are winners and there are losers! What do you want to be?”  …

“The name of God is mercy,” so says the current Pope, who is seriously big on the mercy thing. Just in case …

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 …