At the art museum in Medellin, Colombia in March, I caught a ceramics exhibit that began with an installation showing a patchwork of clay. I […]

If each is made imago Dei, then we are surrounded by divine wonders. If we attend to those around us, listening, caring, accompanying one another, […]

“Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear? Who made the grasshopper? This grasshopper, I mean- the one who has flung […]

As co-creators with G-d, made imago Dei, we are invited to give and attend birthing. Whatever pains this day brings, may we remember new life […]

Let’s go back in time – a story of when people pretty much spoke the same language. They decided to build a city with a […]

Stand with your feet about shoulder-width apart, bending them slightly. Open your lips a little as if you were starting to smile. Let all your […]

“Look, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb; you will strike the rock with your staff, and water will come out […]

‘God told me to call the wind and say: “God says: Come from the four winds, O Spirit; breathe on these bodies, so they may […]

This morning as I opened my email, there was the Irish mail newsletter, and the first headline was the death of 796 children in a […]

Morning came slowly today. As I lay here thinking, it seemed that something was missing, and it took a moment to realise that the chorus […]

Imagine there’s no heaven. It’s easy if you try. No hell below us. Above us only sky. Imagine all the people living for today. Imagine […]

We’ll be celebrating Jesus’ Ascension in my church. Whatever else we do, I hope we have moment of ascension within and among us, times when […]

In the morning I try to “be good” and eat fruit that is good for my health. As years go by, I’ve become more and […]

Every morning, sun rises, we awaken, and a disposition towards the uncharted territory of time begins to form. God, may our disposition not be one […]

As we rise from our beds, open our bedroom doors, and look out on our days, a sun-shiny good morning to you! There are unnamed […]

Sabbath thatches the week into a roof over our heads Builds a shelter with the straw leftovers of bales of blessings And invites us to […]

Which is real–the bacon and toast with your coffee Or your grandmother’s voice Explaining snapdragons and tigerlilies to your young self on an August day […]

Stress and fear: How do you offer hospitality to these unwelcome guests? They were never invited to rest here. I did not set the table […]

When we feel like we are strangers in the universe, all alone, God calls: Before your bones were formed I breathed and filled you with […]

In the chaos of creativity, is there an element of silliness and abandon that intrigues or inspires you? Are you at home in the unknown? […]