With care the surgeon reiterates the essentials about the heart surgery to his patient, as the gurney is about to be rolled into the operating room. Regardless of how many times the surgeon has performed this procedure, he is aware…
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 22 -- “Small change, small wonders—these are the currency of my endurance and ultimately of my life. It’s a workable economy.” Thank you, Barbara Kingsolver. And speaking of small wonders...It was scheduled as “boy's weekend out”. Five friends…
Some days we wake up in a world that is not a friend of grace or mercy. At least, it doesn’t feel so. And the news puts a spotlight on what we do know to be true: we do live…
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 15 -- “I keep asking myself, what is mine to do, now. Every day, every moment: what's the most creative, loving, courageous, and authentic way that I can show up now?” Thank you, Miki Kashtan.We told the story…
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson began her career as an accomplished viola player. While on tour in Europe (in the late 1980s), her viola was stolen. She could have replaced it. As would be imagined, the theft threw her into a state…
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 8 -- This week, we are embracing and being embraced by, the gift of Mercy and Grace.We told the story from Luke's Gospel, about a “bent woman.” We don't know her name. Just the label that has been…
“Home is where you hear love within the stillness.” Thank you, Raquel Franco.In Luke's Gospel, there is a life-giving story about a “bent woman.” We don't know her name. Just the label that has been given to her. A label…
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 1 -- “What is Real?” asked the Rabbit one day, when they were lying side by side near the nursery fender, before Nana came to tidy the room. “Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and…
There’s an old story of a child walking in a forest, surrounded by sun-dappled oak trees. He climbs through the brambles and plays in the fallen leaves, mesmerized by spiderwebs, and mossy rocks, until the moment he realizes he’s completely…
TUESDAY AUGUST 25 -- I can tell you that it is easy to write—and preach—a homily on kindness.Practicing kindness, well, that is another thing altogether.This I know with deep gratitude: One of the gifts we can give one another is…