Down and Within

After the Wednesday evening contemplative service at Saint Andrew’s this week… Instead of going up to the balcony, today I went down.  I started on the chair but it didn’t feel right.  Too…what? Perch-y.  To ‘on’ and not ‘within’ the space of the sanctuary.  It was like I needed to touch down.  To ground myself…

To Know When my Life has been Saved

There must be always remaining in every person’s life some place for the singing of angels, some place for that which in itself is breathlessly beautiful…The commonplace is shot through with glory; old burdens suddenly become lighter; deep and ancient wounds lose much of their old, old, hurting…Despite all of the hardness of life, despite…