Category Archives: For Reflection

“Be anything you want. Be madmen, drunks, and bastards of every shape and form. But at all costs avoid one thing: success.” – Thomas Merton

In 1943, in the throes of World War II and one of the most fraught times in contemporary human history, the psychologist Abraham Maslow published a paper explaining, as he understood them, the five basic, motivating needs common to all … Continue reading →

There fared a mother driven forth Out of an inn to roam; In the place where she was homeless All men are at home. The crazy stable close at hand, With shaking timber and shifting sand, Grew a stronger thing … Continue reading →

Sometimes you have to answer back to God.     Sometimes you have to answer back to God. Many consider it poor form, say that we have no right to question the Divine opinion. We are mere worms, they say; … Continue reading →

 Dreams and Nighmares  ( Prayers for a Privileged People(Nashville: Abingdon, 2008): Last night as I lay sleeping, I had a dream so fair . . . I dreamed of the Holy City, well ordered and just. I dreamed of a garden … Continue reading →

There’s a thread you follow. It goes among things that change. But it doesn’t change. People wonder about what you are pursuing. You have to explain about the thread. But it is hard for others to see. While you hold … Continue reading →

      God longs for God and uses us, Rises in us …. Becomes in us. Let us be silent, a quiet dough Where God moves into every pore … Where God lives as God pleases Let us rise … Continue reading →