Archive for January 2023

“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, Thou are with me.”  Psalm 23 “Love is patient . . . Love bears all things, believes all things, endures all things.”  1 Corinthians 13 Monday afternoon I met a dear friend, Craig, for coffee. I first met Craig six years ago.  He…

“The one who truly follows Christ will draw people unto Him without speaking a word.” Marshall Davis, “The Tao of Christ” (Father Les and me at St. Columba Church. Note the icon of Columba in his coracle behind the altar) Wisdom Incarnate.  A Renaissance Man.  Spiritual Yoda.  Humble Servant. Those are some of the ways…

“Kindness is the only strength there is.” Father Greg Boyle. I met Fabian on the way.  I mean that literally.  For I was on my way to the airport.  It was early Monday morning, and I was picking up Sandy, whose husband had died of Parkinson’s in November. She is an energetic and somewhat eccentric…

“I admit that I worship the God of our ancestors as a follower of The Way.” St. Paul in Acts 24 “The Way that can be named is not the True Way.” The Tao Te Ching 1; Lao Tzu “Follow your bliss, and the universe will open doors where only walls existed.”  Joseph Campbell What…

“Behold the handmaiden of the Lord, let it be done to me according to Thy Word.”  Mary in the Gospel of Luke “Behold what manner of love the Father has lavished upon us, that we should be called children of God.”  1 John Behold.  That word caught my attention this Christmas.  Maybe because we don’t…