Dear Hearts,There are things in our innermost being that we dare not tell anyone… what relationship could pull them from our mouths? These so unbelievable we can hardly tell ourselves. These we know to be true but fear they will appear as madness. It’s understandable. The mental faculty has decided the innermost to be a lie. …
Dear Hearts,Years ago, Jesus probed, why so serious? His smiling face was alight with glee.I had come to believe my spiritual journey was of such acute importance, my thoughts and actions became solemn. I was bound and determined to get it… not sure if I can explain what it is, but MaryBeth doggedly pursued “the work.” Instead of freeing me, the will …
Easter Morning 2021 Rise and shine, He says. The dawn is splendid. Holy Thoughts surround me. May all these little things I do this morning, care for you. The plants, the birds, the squishing of the sponge… the food I have prepared is for Your body. I will be gentle, tender with every leaf, each …
Holy Saturday Adoration Sometimes I feel the need to return to you something that shows my gratitude; for I feel Your grace upon my life and see your care through everything, even in past and future realms. I am stingy with my gifts, refraining from song because my notes do not lilt as sweet …
The First Day of Lent 2021 I tried, I really tried. But trying is trying and not the way of my heart. It is late and I do not want to suffer you with too much verbiage. I do not want to labor with so many ideas. Now, I write a page in celebration of …
Sweethearts, I am in New York. It is drizzling. A great thaw peels back quilts of snow along the side of the mountain. Mt. Pisgah looks in the window to my left. Yesterday I ran the road alongside her brown shoulder — made me dizzy jogging the rolling hills, and here and there the forest …
Dear Hearts, The Second Week of Lent What is lent but a time of reflection, a time of new perception, peering out of the cocoon of winter, of Covid toward Spring. Signs of rebirth tremble against short days and blizzards. Each week there is something more to see, taste, touch, experience. But we must look! …
The night before His crucifixion, Jesus washed the feel of his disciples saying, A new commandment I give unto you: That you love one another, as I have loved you, that you also love one another. John 13:34 He bent low with a pot of water as the Apostles squirmed with shame and resistance. Surely …
Dear Teachers of God, Do not let that title fool you. We who are teachers are learners. We are learning unlearning. We are unlearning all we learned about who we are, and what God is, and how we should live. We are little kids who left the classroom of the world for a little while …
Dear Hearts,In my meditation this week, I brought to Jess my thoughts about teachers of God, and the mistakes we make, sometimes clobbering those who have come vulnerably into our circles, using spiritual principles that deny or neglect their cry for help. Absolute Truth can be used for ego’s purpose, a means to negate others …