Dear Friend,

Lately, I’ve been reflecting on something so simple that it almost feels obvious: Nearly everything that Jesus does in his ministry is to heal broken people.

He did not heal people so they could go to heaven; he healed people so they could live fully in this world now. It’s obvious. How did we miss that?

The healin...

I love to think of nature as unlimited broadcasting stations, through which God speaks to us every day, every hour…. How do I talk to a little flower? Through it I talk to the Infinite. And what is the Infinite? It is that silent, small voice … that still, small voice.
—George Washington Carver, The Man Who Talks with the Flowers

Black farmer and a...

Father Richard encourages us to recognize how the soul of nature mirrors our own:

The modern and postmodern selves largely live in a world of their own construction and react for or against human-made ideas. While calling ourselves intelligent, we’ve lost touch with the natural world. As a result, we’ve lost touch with our own souls. I believe we cannot a...

Sunday
God offers us quiet, contemplative eyes; God also calls us to prophetic and critical involvement in the pain and sufferings of our world—both at the same time.
—Richard Rohr

Brian McLaren reflects on how contemplation and community enable him to live according to the values of the kingdom of God:

During my years as a news junkie, I found myself getting a strange high from the latest ugliness report. Each time I indulged, I fanned the flames of something unhealthy … my moral superiority, or resentment, or fear, or despair, or ...