We seek God in quiet. We are nourished and calmed by that presence. But we also must be prepared to wade into the depths and find a hand waiting for us. …
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Today I awoke to a cool and refreshing morning that I know will sizzle and steam away as St. Louis-in-July heat and humidity takes hold of the rest of the day. On the back porch I watched the goldfinches visit their feeder and waited for the doe and two fawns to take their daily stroll through the property behind me. I need this time in the morning, a time to slow and quiet down, a chance to regather my thoughts …
Today, I offer a new song and video created just this week with my songwriting partner and friend John Caravelli. Between us, we have eleven granddaughters, and this is a song for them, their joy, their resilience, their faith. …
For Christians, “being kind” is an imperative response to the gift of love we say we have received through Jesus. If we really believe that the greatest commandment is to love God with all of our hearts, souls and minds and to love our neighbors as much as (or more than) we love ourselves, then we must be prepared to do the very best and most kind things we can do right now. …
When Fr. Jan Michael Joncas composed the song “On Eagle’s Wings” four decades ago, he was trying to comfort a friend whose father had just died of a heart attack. He wrote the song on guitar in the days following the death and then performed it at the funeral, and that might have been the end of the story. But God, Fr. Joncas said in a recent interview, had other plans. …
The Seven Last Words, Day 3: Today, Jesus gives us a vivid lesson on the importance of caring for each other in difficult times, something that feels all too real in times like these. “Woman, behold your son. Behold your mother.” John 19:25-27 …
The Seven Last Words, Day 2: Today, we find Jesus extending love and life to an unlikely saint. Part of a seven-day series of short video reflections on the last words of Jesus from the cross. “Amen, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.” Luke 23:39-43 To read along, go to: http://givenscreative.com/2016/03/the-seven-last-words-paradise/ …
I was supposed to be giving a lenten retreat this weekend but the world got in the way. So I’m doing this instead…find a quiet place. The Seven Last Words: Today, as Christians around the world prepare to enter into Holy Week, I am beginning a seven-day series of short video reflections on the last words of Jesus from the cross. We believe these words from the cross continue to speak to us and resound in us today, teaching us …
Especially for those who work and care for the rest of us… …