The Jesus Prayer
The Jesus Prayer is a perfect prayer. It is simple; it is deep; and it lacks nothing. The Jesus Prayer makes of the heart a temple where Jesus comes to make His dwelling place.
The Lance of the Inner Monk
A Psalm from the heart makes any place a temple. It is a vertical lance, a spear cast toward heaven, a single firework shot straight to its target in the heart of God.
The God of the Living
And here is where it really hit me. I have just lived through the process of Lectio Divina, in real time.
A Priest in Bemerton
The essence of the priesthood is love. And therefore priesthood is of the essence of life.
The Defiant Prophet
If God made of Jonah so powerful a prophet, a prophet who twice said no to God, what could God do with us if we learn to always say yes?
Pillar of Iron
I was taken aback by the question. No one has ever asked me that before. Certainly not a student – certainly not right in the middle of class.
In the Presence of Angels
I realized that I teach here as though I were in a monastery. As though my purpose to teach here was received from heaven itself. Here I can sing, in the presence of angels, a song of His love for each of my students and for every human being.
Crooked Things in Crawley, WV
“Jesus led them out into that boat, Maddie,” I tell her. “He wanted them to experience that storm. It seemed like he was sleeping in the midst of it; but really he was waiting for them at a deeper level. . . “
Touched By Fire
An ember from God’s throne is a material element that is on the way but has not yet been transmuted into flame. It is, we might say, both matter and fire; or, we might further say, it is both matter and spirit.
Window of the Soul
Today, I saw the open gateway to that Temple. I saw the door cracked open. I saw a glimpse into what God sees and yearns for and waits for. The place in the human heart where the Word of God enters.
