journal and reflections

It is perhaps the most breathtaking and recognized line in the Book of Revelation; “Behold, I make all things new.”  It’s easy to see this scripture verse coming to life all around us these days.  The forsythia branches are bursting with flowers, Hosta’s are rising...

Part of the certification process to be a spiritual director involved watching the 1996 movie, Dead Man Walking starring Sean Penn and Susan Sarandon. As death row inmate Matthew Poncelet (Sean Penn) was nearing his execution date he calls upon a nun, Sister Helen...

It has been about three years since we sold our house and moved into an apartment. After 22 years in the same home, I found the the whole process of moving to be a bit stressful, as we tried to figure out what to keep and what needed to be be given or tossed away....

What is the relation of [contemplation] to action? Simply this. He [or she] who attempts to act and do things for others or for the world without deepening his own self-understanding, freedom, integrity and capacity to love will not have anything to give...

A while ago I came across an article titled, “Riders on the Earth Together, Brothers in Eternal Cold” by Archibald MacLeish.  It’s a humbling and mind-boggling reflection on God’s created universe and our place within it. It was written by MacLeish...

Over the years people have asked me lots of questions about the purpose of spiritual direction, who should seek it, and why would someone invest years in training and study to be a Spiritual Director.  Of course, there are many was to answer these questions but...