Summer in North America, and particularly in the lush northern parts, is glorious. Green grass and blooming flowers and trees, it’s impossible to ignore the miracle of life around us. Do you consider the beauty of God? The beauty of …
The hour was early; far before the rising of the sun. The whole house was drenched in a heavy slumbering silence. Only the methodical breath of my brother asleep on the other side of the room edged its way into …
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There is something immediate, something startling in the effect of touch. Like the other senses, it brings us into contact with the world around us, makes us aware of the bounding lines of the space of our lives. And yet, …
Music is a connective tissue between our earthly, tangible lives and the intangible movement of the divine in and through all things. As the late poet and philosopher John O’Donohue said: There is something deeper still in the way that …
One of the oldest traditions in my family is our annual “shepherd’s meal,” celebrated on Christmas Eve. Like the shepherds in the fields might have enjoyed on the night of Christ’s birth, we share in a simple spread of modest, …
We are created to experience God through our senses, and in that encounter, to come to know Him better and grow in love. And yet, even our senses themselves can become overloaded; the windows of our souls become covered in …
It was with hushed anticipation that we all filed out of the noise and bustle of go-home traffic in the center of London into the awaiting performance auditorium. There is something unique about Royal Albert Hall that always invokes a …
Saint Francis had a penchant for the glory of the world and God’s presence and movement within it. In a time of upheaval and change in the church, when spirituality had strayed from its dedication to the simplicity of the …
One of the key repeated elements of Jesus’ life is the way that touch plays into His interaction with others. Constantly, Jesus comes into contact with those around Him. Perhaps the most profound underlying aspect of touch in the Gospels …