Three important words in spirituality
They are: 1) Be, 2) Here and 3) Now.
Be. Here. Now.
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They are: 1) Be, 2) Here and 3) Now.
Be. Here. Now.
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Stéphan Carnier’s book “How to Think Like a Cat” is not about cat but us. I appreciate his reflection on being assertive, “Many of us find it hard to assert ourselves in front of other, either out of shyness or lack of confidence…if other people take up more space than you, it’s because you let…
This past weekend in Richmond, British Columbia, I took part in something quietly radical. I wasn’t giving a lecture or leading a workshop—I was being read. Not from a pulpit or a printed page, but as a “book” in the Human Library. If you’ve never heard of the Human Library before, the concept may sound…
In his book “a life being having and doing enough”, Wayne Muller wisely points out the reality we have often denied and ignored: “Living and loving well requires us to make difficult choices each day of our lives. The heart-opening unconditional love we see requires our heart’s time and attention. Love, friendship, children, kindness, good…
Darkness has always unsettled us. It disrupts clarity, confronts control, and forces us to face what we often avoid—grief, doubt, brokenness, and vulnerability. But in his chapter titled “Darkness” from Framing Faith, Matt Knisely offers a grace-filled invitation: to see the dark not as absence, but as a place where God is deeply present and…
Recently I had a fruitful conversation with a fellow priest in the east end of the country (while I am in the west end of the country). He asked me about my “new” church and community. I wrote to him that people in the immediate area don’t come to church (I am talking about the…
Haemin Sunim in his book, “the things you can see only when you slow down” wrote, “There is a famous Buddhist saying that everyone appears as buddhas in the eyes of the Buddha and everyone appears as pigs in the eyes of a pig. It suggests that the world is experienced according to the state…
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