Sometimes the greatest adventure is simply a conversation.
03469 – Greatest Adventure?
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02654 – There is Something More
You may have been reminded of another popular book while reflecting on the vision of God's open-ended, creative, and lively adventure and on your own role as a partner with God in healing the world. Many persons have found a greater sense of meaning through reading...
02138 – Caught Up in the Adventure of Jesus
Moving into this new space in life wherein kids are launched, elders are recently deceased or still self-sufficient, and vocational rhythm is flowing...major life responsibilities are receding and new freedom is increasing. After resting up and playing more, we have...
02106 – Courage & Faith
(We) cannot live without faith because the prime requisite in life's adventure is courage. And the sustenance of courage is faith.
01977 – Love will Return in Another Way
At 40, Franz Kafka (1883-1924), who never married and had no children, was walking through a park one day in Berlin when he met a girl who was crying because she had lost her favourite doll. She and Kafka searched for the doll unsuccessfully. Kafka told her to meet...
01965 – Making a Difference in the World
Giving frees us from the tyranny of money. But we do not just give money; we give the things money has purchased. In Acts the early Christian community gave houses and land to provide funds for those in need (Acts 4:32-37). Have you ever considered selling a car or a...
01627 – Joy for Each New Day
The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different...
01431 – The “Unfixable” Aspects of Our Lives
In the preface to Margaret Guenther's Holy Listening, Alan Jones notes that spirituality deals with the "unfixable" aspects of our lives. His words remind us that darkness also has a light of its own. Within the darkness, the seedling grows. Within the womb, a new...
00137 – Midlife: Show Up, Be Seen
I think midlife is when the universe gently places her hands upon your shoulders, pulls you close, and whispers in your ear: “I’m not screwing around. It’s time. All of this pretending and performing—these coping mechanisms that you’ve developed to protect yourself...
00045 – Practicing Dying
When I was a medical school professor, I invited my students to view their own experiences of sickness and medical care as a way to empathize with their patients’ experiences. Like them, we can prepare for our dying by “practicing” dying in response to situations of...