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“The sun will rise and set regardless.  What we choose to do with the light while it’s here is up to us.  Journey wisely.” Alexandra Elle “The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness cannot comprehend it.”  John 1:5 “Darkness. Disorienting. Unseeing. Cold. Lost. Confused. Unbelieving. Darkness. Present and Permeating before the first creation. Yes!…

“The Word became flesh and dwelt among us”  John 1 “We shall not cease from exploration  And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time.”  T.S. Elliot from “The Little Gidding Lewis and Clark.  Magellan.  Marco Polo. Christopher Columbus. What do they…

“The Word became flesh and dwelt among us”  John 1:14 “They shall call His name Immanuel—God with us.”  Matthew 1:23 “The Mystery of Godliness is great, which is Christ in you.” “For too long we have believed the Divine is outside of us”  John O’Donahue What are you seeking?  What are you lacking? What are…

“Love the Lord with all your heart, and all your soul, and all your mind.” Jesus of Nazareth “It is in and through your body that your soul becomes visible and real for you.  Your body is the home of your soul on earth.”  John O’Donahue Gnosticism.  Have you heard that word?  It refers broadly…

“What benefit is there in gaining everything in the world, but losing your soul?” Jesus of Nazareth “To be holy is to be home, to be able to rest in the house of belonging that we call the soul.” John O’Donahue “The soul did not invent itself.  It is a presence from the divine world,…

“I no longer call you servants, but friends.”  Jesus “In everyone‘s life there is a need for an ‘anam cara’, a soul friend—who reflects the eternal interflow of friendship.”  John O’Donahue[i] “Who is your best friend?” That was the question posed by a friend recently.  It gave me pause. My mind did a quick life…

“Love divine, all loves excelling, joy of heaven to earth come down.”  “The soul needs love as much as the body needs air.”  John O’Donahue[1] The universe is comprised of darkness and light.  Light is energy.  God is light.  God is mystery.  Next to God, the greatest mystery in this life is love. O’Donahue begins…

“The darkness shall not hide from You; the night shines as the day.  The darkness and light are both the same to You.”  Psalm 139 “We need a light that has retained its kinship with the darkness. For we are sons and daughters of the darkness and of the light.”  John O’Donahue[i] We are moving…

“I no longer call you disciples, but friends.”  Jesus “A bosom friend—an intimate friend, you know—a really kindred spirit to whom I can confide my inmost soul.”  Anne of Green Gables What’s one of your favorite activities? Mine is spending time with my daughters.  I have been blessed with four of the best!  Last weekend…

“Unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it cannot bear fruit.”  Jesus in John 12:24 “We never become really and genuinely our entire and honest selves until we are dead—and not then until we have been dead years and years.  People ought to start dead and they would be honest so…