Let’s make ourselves “open to receive the Spirit’s flame so that it will come to rest in our hearts”
Pentecost 2022
Category Archives: Desert Diaries
These Ashes We Must Wear
“The ashes call us to return to our origin and look forward to our destiny: the dust of the earth…”
Every Stream Now Made Sacred
“We are not isolated individuals existing in sequestered cells. Rather, we are the sum of all our relationships.”
The Pondering Heart
“When I struggle with the sting of obscurity and I feel marginalized and forgotten, I am invited to take up a pondering heart and enter into the Lord’s hidden life. At once, the lonely place of my heart is filled with the company of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph living as a family in their own anonymity and seeming insignificance; and then my heart is filled with hope and communal joy.”
Christmas 2021
“Whereas the way of the world is to insist on publicity, celebrity, popularity, and getting maximum exposure, God prefers to work in secret…”
Colors in Winter
“Thank you Lord for the color green / That grafts me into the things that grow / and remind us of all that’s good in your creation.”
First Week of Advent 2021
“It is not our job to remain whole. We came to lose our leaves like the trees, and be born again, drawing up from the great roots.” -Robert Bly
Advent 2021
“As I light this flame, I lay myself before Thee.” (Ancient Celtic Prayer)
Eternal Autumn
“For the leaving of birds in formations to the south / And the expectation of new things to come…”
Kingdomtide 2021
“Kingdomtide invites us to allow that inner courage to become activated in our world today: seeking justice for the oppressed, reconciliation of races and cultures, and speaking truth to power…”
