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Everything Is Holy Now (9/20)
Good morning friends! “Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.“ -Abraham Joshua Heschel As I said the other day, I think of us as earthy and imperfect mystics. Earlier this year, at the...
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Not Afraid (9/21)
Good morning friends! “For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of self-control.” [2 Timothy 1:7] At the Dayspring Retreat Center, I found these words from Gordon Cosby. I...
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In The Beginning Was The Presence (9/23)
“Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?” [1 Corinthians 3:16] The word for today is Presence. Maybe we could say, “In the beginning, there was the Presence.” Our...
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Radical Shift + New Theology (9/24)
“We believe in one God who is over all and through all and in all.” [Ephesians 4:6] Somehow in our early education we were taught that God was up there in heaven, or somewhere else, observing, often...
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Consider Meditation for 10+ Minutes A Day
The gift of a new day … Be open to surprise, to awe and wonder, to the divine mystery. These words are from All The Days of My Life by Marv and Nancy Hiles. “When we meditate, nothing begins to “clear”...
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Economics Inequality
Thank you Attorney General Eric Holder for standing up for voting rights, civil rights, women’s rights, and LGBLTQ rights. You are a champion for justice. Yesterday, in the September 25th The...
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You’ll Never Walk Alone (9/27)
Looking through an old journal (1995-1996) yesterday, I found these words from Marv and Nancy Hiles. Deep wisdom in only a few words – may their truth land within you. Attention is more important than...
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A Good Day With Brother David (9/28)
“One twelve-year old boy, when asked by his father what he would like for his birthday, said, “Daddy, I want you!” His father was rarely at home. He was quite wealthy, but he worked all the time to...
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A Nina Talk + A Ted Talk (9/29)
Be ALIVE every day of your LIFE. Yesterday, my wife gave a superb talk on “Listening for Your Call” at St. Bart‘s on Park Ave. She said: “The whole question of vocation – what we are ‘called’ to do by...
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Texting and Driving (9/30)
100,000 accidents a year caused by texting and driving. While in New York City for some special services, I met several of you on the Soul Nugget list who said: “I really like the deep wisdom from your...
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Koch Brothers – Religion And Politics (10/1)
“Do justice, love kindness, walk humbly with God.” [Micah 6:8] At a church, I once served there was a couple who said: “No politics from the pulpit.” They left to go to the Episcopal Church in town. If...
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Relationships: Loving and Being Loved (10/2)
Sylvia, a long time good friend of ours (18 years), asked me to take part in her daughter’s wedding. It was at Columbia University (NYC) last Saturday on one of the most beautiful days ever. I was to...
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Yo Yo Ma + Frederick Buechner (10/3)
“Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple? God’s Spirit lives in you.” [1 Corinthians 3:16] Words from Frederick Buechner to ponder in your heart today. May I suggest that you read them...
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Teach Us To Number Our Days (10/4)
“Teach us to number our days” [Psalm 90:12] 15 years is 5,475 days 5 years is 1,825 days 1 year is 365 days Friends, many of you, like me, are on the back nine of life. Our time here on earth is a...
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Learning To Trust The Process (10/5)
I am still in touch with the then Minister of the Ladue Chapel in St. Louis, Missouri, who assisted me in 1962-1963 in my decision making process about going to seminary. Talk about turning points!...
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Check Soul Light (10/6)
“He restores my soul” [Psalm 23] Early Sunday morning, I wrote my Lutheran Minister and golfing buddy, Craig Endicott. I was asking him on what was he preaching on that day. His reply got my attention:...
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If You Die + Marcus Borg (10/7)
I remember my wife and I being in Greenville, South Carolina, walking out of a restaurant and being greeted by a young man from Bob Jones University. Almost at once, he asked: “If you die tonight, do...
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Richard Rohr + A Franciscan Benediction (10/8)
Spiritual institutions are not to be places of mere belonging. They are not country clubs. They are meant to be places of transformation. New creation – New being – New wine – New worlds. “Do not be...
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Awakening In Wonder To The Beauty (10/9)
“The beating heart of the universe is holy joy.” -Martin Buber I don’t know what it is, but the coming of autumn this year, with all of its beauty and splendor, has filled me with gratitude, so much so...
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You And The Music Of Your Life (10/10)
“Music can change the world because it can change people.” -Bono Today, I thought I would invite you to reflect upon the many ways that music has been a part of your life. My hunch is that as you look...
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