During this sacred season of Lent, as Christians prepare inwardly to celebrate the deepest mystery of our faith - the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus the Christ - I have been meditating upon the vision of Christ on the cross that I described in the previous blog, "Grounded in the Abyss." I would like to …
Grounded in the Abyss
Plant your feet firmly in the abyss. These were the words that I heard inwardly as I awoke one morning in December 2015, during a dark and chaotic time in my life. This message was deeply perplexing to me: how can one be "planted" in the "abyss" which has no ground? But this paradox is …
Glory Shone Around
Then shall the trees of the forest sing for joy before the coming of the Beloved, who reigns in glory! Psalm 96 (Psalms for Praying by Nan Merrill) Throughout these past weeks I feel that I have been living the symbolic theme of the sacred season of Advent in the Christian year: the deep hope in the coming …
Light Shines in the Darkness
We have continued to walk further through the "valley of the shadow of death" since our previous blog. As Richard recovered from cancer surgery, we found out that he had three blocked arteries that required immediate open heart surgery. Serious complications that arose after this surgery led to several more hospitalizations during the weeks that …
