Tag Archives: Abraham Heschel

A Word to the Wise ~ Integrity / Part 3

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Integrity         [ in-teg-ri-tee ] Part 3, Saturday's Screed Only one question is worthy of supreme anxiety: How to live in a world pestered with lies and remain unpolluted, how not to be stricken with despair, not to flee but to fight and Read more [...]

Just Wondering

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[Humankind] will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation. The beginning of our happiness lies in understanding that life without wonder is not worth living. What we lack is not a will to believe but a will to wonder. ~ Read more [...]

Compassion — The Index of Our Humanity

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To be a man or woman of compassion is to be present to those in pain in such a way that they feel safe enough, if they choose, to reveal their wound to us. Then after reverently receiving their storied-pain, we reverently reach out to touch them, at times Read more [...]

Reverence: An Offering of Love – Part 2/4

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~ continued from yesterday (since this is written as a conversation, you may want to hit "previous" and read the last paragraph or two) When we walk on the earth with reverence, beauty will decide to trust us. ~ John O'Donohue Authentic faith leads Read more [...]

Lectio Poetica No. 7 ~ Earth Day Poem

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There are no unsacred places; there are only sacred places and desecrated places. ~ Wendell Berry There are three aspects of nature which command humankind's attention: power, loveliness, grandeur. Power we exploit, loveliness we enjoy, grandeur Read more [...]