I’m not the only one who has said in recent weeks that this feels like a movie – but one we’re living. I’ve personally always loved disaster movies – even the ones with cheesy scenes of the hero rescuing his sweetheart from a top of a disintegrating skyscraper. But what if you’re the one on…
I used to grimace whenever I heard someone say they were dancing or shooting hoops for Jesus. That’s a cruel thing, I think. And I couldn’t help myself. I wish I could have… Even when I firmly believe there is no purer form of worship than creatively performing one’s personal devotion to the Lord, it…
Christ was divine, a strong visionary leader, a healer of others… we really don’t think of Him as needing help. But there, in the painfully dark night at the Garden of Gethsemane, he asks his friends, “watch with me.” Christ demonstrates that it’s okay to ask for help. If the Savior was allowed to be…
I have often found myself at the end of a dead-end road during sacrament, stuck in a cul-de-sac of my own struggles and concerns. For decades, it seems like I have been visiting that same emotional, spiritual vacant lot, wandering around with no hope for escape. While the bread arrives, I am working, scrutinizing, poking…
When I arrived at my first week-long silent retreat, I was nervous to say the least. Who wouldn’t feel a little that way—laying aside your cell phone, emails, work, daily schedule, favorite snacks…? And you thought quitting Mount Dew gave you the shakes!
It all starts with a breath. The unfolding “Awakening” which frees us from the dark night of self-delusions comes as we train our awareness on the breath. Just breathe. Adam’s first sacred task in the Garden of Eden, intimately linked with his own awakening from a deep sleep, was to receive the breath of life….