Thirteen years ago, I arrived at Old Mission Santa Barbara where I would stay for a month praying, reflecting, sharing and dialoging with the other friars who, like me at the time, were preparing to ...
“I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly” (John 10:10, NKJV). In other words, life, my friend, should be an ongoing celebration. Now, be honest for a moment. Is ...
A group of British reporters once asked a friend of Mahatma Gandhi how it was that Gandhi was able to speak so eloquently and at such length without any prepared notes. The friend, Mahadev Desai, ...
Quite a few of the people I know assume spiritual life means we sit up straight and are still. They are used to spending spiritual time, in public and in private, quietly. The idea seems to be to ...
Quite a few of the people I know assume spiritual life means we sit up straight and are still. They are used to spending spiritual time, in public and in private, quietly. The idea seems to be to ...
“What are you drawing?” the teacher asked. “I’m drawing God,” the girl said. “But no one knows what God looks like!” the teacher said. Without looking up, the girl replied, “They will in a minute!” I ...
A favorite writer of mine, Geraldine Brooks, lost her husband to a sudden heart attack several years ago. In “Memorial Days,” her reflection on coming to terms with grief, she wrote this: “Of all the ...
“A rabbi, a priest and a Buddhist monk were all in a life raft…” “So, three nuns were driving down the road…” When we speak of humor and the sacred, our minds go immediately to Noah jokes and nun puns ...
New York, NY, October 07, 2025 --(PR.com)-- “Blessed: Laughter through Tears”: a heartfelt memoir of spiritual awakening and personal transformation. “Blessed: Laughter through Tears” is the creation ...
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