“Are we fulfilling the end for which we were made?” ~ DJM This Lent I am dipping into the ARCHIVES and selecting writings from the last ten years of THE ALMOND TREE. I have not tried to match the day in Lent in which they were originally written Read more [...]

“Be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy” (Lev. 19:2) This Lent I am dipping into the ARCHIVES and selecting writings from the last ten years of THE ALMOND TREE. For today's reading Be Holy CLICK HERE. ♦     ♦     ♦     ♦  Read more [...]

"Reflecting the presence of God is not automatic for humans. Perhaps our most noble summons, it is also a rather precarious affair.” ~ DJM This Lent I am dipping into the ARCHIVES and selecting writings from the last ten years of THE ALMOND TREE. For Read more [...]

In a culture of concocted needs, the more we have the more we want. The more we want the more we need. The more we need the more needy and wanting we become and, in the words of Rabbi Abraham Heschel, “Short is the way from need to greed.” ~ DJM This Read more [...]

When life brings us down into the boogey-manned bog, we must fight to stay awake (and for as long as is necessary to stay put) because there are things that grow only there. ~ DJM This Lent I am posting selections from the last ten years of THE Read more [...]

I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear. ~ Henry David Thoreau For today's reading on Lent as inventory-taking time CLICK HERE.   "The purpose of Lent is Easter.” Read more [...]

Soul is our innate, God-given connection to and union with the Divine who called us into being in an act and expression of extravagant love.~ DJM For today's reading on Making Room CLICK HERE.  "The purpose of Lent is Easter." Read more [...]

Prayer is not meant as a detachment from the world, but is an integration of the Gospel message with our human experience. ~ Gertrude Mueller Nelson For today's reflection CLICK HERE. Read more [...]