The realm of God is within us and among us and around us...All the wonders you seek, and the inspiration you crave, are right where you are, within your own personal experience. Thin places, holy isles, burning bushes, angelic songs, and magi bearing gifts are...
Matthew writes: “[Herod] sent and killed all the children in and around Bethlehem who were two years old or under.” Jesus is born, but in Flannery O’Connor’s words, “at a devastating price.” No one knows how many children died; the New Testament alone documents the...
God is always waiting to be born. And so it is. The magic of Christmas is the magic of our rebirthing God into the world for the sake of peace and goodwill to all creation. Divine birth is both painful and beautiful, as all births are. But this is our part in the...
People who have come to know the joy of God do not deny the darkness, but they choose not to live in it.
Yet as I read the birth stories about Jesus I cannot help but conclude that though the world may be tilted toward the rich and powerful, God is tilted toward the underdog.
Silence is the language of God. All else is poor translation.
The comedy of God is the never-ending laughter of divine surprise. from The Christ of Christmas
We knew that the promise has never been safety, or that bad things would not happen if we were good and virtuous. The promise is only that God is in it with us, no matter what it is. from Miracle on 10th Street and Other Christmas Writings
For the wonders that astound us, for the truths that still confound us, most of all, that love has found us, thanks be to God.
Remember when you thought God didn’t hear/accept your prayers unless you said or thought them in just the “correct” way? Then you woke up and realized God cares more about you and the cry of your heart than about any prescribed formula for how to pray. God’s Love is...