“To listen is to lean in, softly, with a willingness to be changed by what we hear.” –Poet and Spiritual Adviser, Mark Nepo In my Pastor’s Corner for the first Messenger of 2020, I talked [...]
As many of you may know, I recently became a Benedictine Oblate. It is an invitation to deepen the spiritual life by following the Rule of St. Benedict. As a part of this spiritual journey I’m [...]
The wolf shall live with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the kid, the calf and the lion and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them. The cow and the bear shall graze, [...]
“Gratitude is the memory of the heart.” French Proverb Noted author Diana Butler Bass begins her newest book Grateful: The Transformative Power of Giving Thanks with the above quote. Bass [...]
For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took a loaf of bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, [...]
Beloved, you do faithfully whatever you do for the friends, even though they are strangers to you; they have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on in a manner [...]
I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work among you will bring it to completion by the day of Jesus Christ. Phil. 1:6 What a joyous weekend we just had as we [...]
So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ [...]
