In the Season of Pentecost (Liturgical churches call it "Ordinary Time") -- God called Abram to leave his home to find a new one, and Jesus called Matthew, a tax-collector, to leave his job and “follow me.” In both testaments, we heard stories of moving from...
Joy comes to us in ordinary moments. We risk missing out on joy when we get too busy chasing down the extraordinary.
In the silence of a midwinter dusk, there is a sound so faint that for all you can tell it may be only the sound of the silence itself. You hold your breath to listen. You are aware of the beating of your heart. The extraordinary thing that is about to happen is...
Prayer for others cannot be seen as an extraordinary exercise that must be practised from time to time. Rather, it is the very beat of a compassionate heart.