Category Archives: Awakening

Early on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb while it was still dark and saw that the stone had been taken away. She ran to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and cried, “They have taken my Lord from the tomb, and I do not knowContinue reading “After Easter: What Did You See?”

And so the journey ends. So the Advent season – always an abstraction, always a projection – ends. The long night ends and a new day begins. The manger was always a symbol. Shall we be born again in our shared heart? Can we even begin to understand what that means? Do we need to?Continue reading “In Christmas Time”

Often, at night when I am most with Jesus and the Holy Spirit in prayer, I draw the curtains. Privacy, seclusion, minimal distractions. I am not of this world but another. But last night I let the curtains be. The moon was right outside the window, spectral and thin, and I was in the moodContinue reading “Advent Travels: Under the Bookish Pedagogy”

0 I cannot figure out if Marianne Sawicki is holding my hand or slapping me awake from a nightmare. How could I choose? Summarizing aspects of Edward Schillbeeckx’s thinking she casually shreds the past fifteen years of my life. Nothing matters but this. The experience of grace grows out of the fundamental experience of one’sContinue reading “Advent Travels: Mary Said It”

The family was in New York City this past weekend to see Romeo and Juliet. I stayed behind to do chores and keep house. Things were quiet mostly, and I got a lot done. It snowed more than I thought it would, and I didn’t sleep well but it was okay. When I am alone,Continue reading “Advent Travels: the Space of Solitude”

0 The Mirage Yesterday, shoveling a path to the horses – following tracks in the snow my daughters had made earlier – I was visited by God. What do I mean by this? 1 The Oasis Many years ago, during my first run-through of the ACIM lessons – some time after the devastation wrought byContinue reading “Advent Travels: The Final Step”