Clik here to view.
“Burned Out on Religion?”
St. Clare of Assisi We become what we love and who we love shapes what we become. If we love things, we become a thing. If we love nothing, we become nothing. Imitation is not a literal mimicking of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Manure and a Praying Life
Note to Praying Life Readers: If you are a subscriber to Holy Ground Quarterly Reflection on Contemplation or support the The Sanctuary Foundation for Prayer you already have received in your mail...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Leaning into Lent and Dancing All the Way
Photo by Sheila CreightonImagery of Light Epiphany has drawn to a close and now we are leaning into lent, a word, which originally meant spring and referred to lengthening days. Most of us are weary of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Practice, Prayer, and Peanut Butter
Food for Life For breakfast I always have toast (crispy) with peanut butter (crunchy), a good shake of cinnamon, and honey, smeared liberally to make a nice gooey mess. I cut my toast into four...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Prayer that Hurts
He lay slumped on her lap like a great heavy mail sack stuffed with the cards and letters of creation’s lovelorn. They spilled from him with the blood. “Save me. Heal me. Help me. Love me. Save me....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Singing Holy Songs in Strange Lands
By the waters of Babylon there we sat down and wept when we remembered Zion. How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a foreign land? Psalm 137 O God of Seeing, after we have swallowed the knowledge...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Made of Yearning and Rumors of God
In the past year I have lived deeply into two books. I returned over and over to taste and savor their wisdom, as though I were sucking on a bone, which had simmered all day long in a crock pot. In my...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Poets, Prayer, and Paradigms
Poets I lived with two poets all summer. They accompanied me to both coasts, places in between, and came along on a silent retreat. Amy Fleury and Brian Doyle are both accomplished and acclaimed...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Waking Up Is Hard to Do
All historical experience demonstrates the following: our earth cannot be changed unless in the not too distant future an alteration in the consciousness of the individuals is achieved. Catholic...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Like a Trap
You will find three invitations in this post, 1. A spiritual practice for the new year. 2. The new issue (Autumn 2018) of Holy Ground: Like a Trap. (Yes I know it is winter and now 2019. I have had a...
View Article
