We live in a time of both crisis and opportunity. While there are many reasons to be anxious, I still have hope. Westerners, including Christians, are rediscovering the value of nonduality: a way of thinking, acting, reconciling, boundary-crossing, and bridge-building based on inner experience of God and God’s Spirit moving in the world. We’re not…
Do you want to Fast This Lent? Perhaps Praying is the best way to start. A great way to pray is to look for God’s presence in your life. More than 400 years ago St. Ignatius Loyola encouraged prayer-filled mindfulness by proposing what has been called the Daily Examen. The Examen is a technique of…
We must learn to live each day, each hour, and each minute as a new beginning, as a unique opportunity to make everything new, finding “God in all Things” and “Living a Life with Purpose.” Imagine that we could live each moment as a moment full of possibilities with new life. Imagine we could live…
It doesn’t have to be the be the blue iris, it could be weeds in a vacant lot, or a few small stones; just pay attention, then patch a few words together and don’t try to make them elaborate, it isn’t a contest but the doorway into thanks, and silence in which another may speak….
As appealing as it is, finding God in all things is not always easy to do. Living with depth is hard sometimes. As in any walk of life we can get frustrated or discouraged on our spiritual journey. When disoriented, we live with purpose, refocusing on our end and ultimate mission. When distracted, we try…
The mystery of the spiritual life is that Jesus desires to meet us in the seclusion of our heart, to make love know to us there, to free us from our fears, and to make our deepest self known to us. If you spend time reflecting on this you will begin to see an interaction…
Amidst the noise of the world, always remember to be yourself. Your uniqueness is your power. Embrace who you are and never forget your inherent worth. In the grand tapestry of life, you are an irreplaceable thread. St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, a place where you can be yourself, where all are welcome.
Why is it so difficult to be still and quiet and let God speak to us about the meaning of our lives. Is it because I do not trust God? Is it because I wonder if God is really there for me? Is it because I am afraid of God? Is it because everything is…
As varied as the humans asking them, questions arise from human experiences , with all their ambiguities, we reflect on our lives, and questions and doubts emerge. Some questions are verbal, others percolate just below the surface, others we find difficult to fully articulate, this is part of being human. We do not need to…
Deep within every life, no matter how dull or ineffectual it may seem from the outside, there is something eternal happening. This is the secret way that change and possibility conspire with growth. John Henry Newman summed this up beautifully when he said, “to grow is to change and to be perfect is to have…
