Some young people don't succeed until music. Some don't feel part of something until music.Some don't feel comfortable until music.Some don't feel included until music.Some don't feel understood until music. Some don't believe until music. Music can make all the...
03932 – Praying: Too Empty? Too Simple?
Praying for the people in this terrible Israeli/Hamas conflict feels too empty and too simple as I sit in my comfortable chair in a place where I am not being threatened by anybody, unlike the people in that region.
03887 – Books Help Us Understand Life
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet or excite you. Books help us...
03693 – Don’t Complain…Ever
It takes too much energy to feel sorry for yourself; to regret things. I like movement. So does the earth; so does God; so do all the smart people. I want to be on good terms with the earth and God and the smart people, so I keep moving and changing. Whatever you...
03571 – A Medical Condition
Depression is a medical condition. We need to create a world where people are as comfortable seeking care for their minds as they are for their bodies.
03235 – The Heart of Our Faith
At the heart of our faith stand not a preoccupation with our own welfare and comfort but the concepts of service and of sacrifice as shown in the life and teachings of the one who made himself nothing, taking the very form of a servant.
03171 – The Healing Touch
You have the healing touch, even if you may not realize it. It is not a supernatural gift, but a common gift, one given to us all. We are born to be healers, along with other vocations, to help us navigate this world as vulnerable beings. We have the power to hear one...
03153 – This is the Work
This is the work. It is not towing the line or fitting right in or getting comfortable or getting out of dodge or getting in good with someone or that group. It is getting clear on who you are and getting free of who you are not.
02899 – The Comfort of the Crucified
All sufferers can find comfort in the solidarity of the Crucified; but only those who struggle against evil by following the example of the Crucified will discover him at their side. To claim the comfort of the Crucified while rejecting his way is to advocate not only...