Tag Archives: Aliveness

Saints Alive!

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I was relistening to a podcast this week in which the interviewee, Francis Weller, a psychotherapist, writer, and expert in the healing work of grief ritual, made the comment that in his work he sees two ailments that especially seem to afflict people Read more [...]

A Word to the Wise — Silence

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Silence [sahy-luh ns] I’ve been listening to the audio version of Thich Nhat Hanh’s book Silence: The Power of Quiet in a World Full of Noise. I’m also watching too many Presidential Primary debates. As a result -- This week’s word is silence.[1] It Read more [...]

Of Mystics and Prophets, of You and Me

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My favorite quote to illuminate what it means to be holy is the well-worn line from St. Iranaeus: “The glory of God is the human person fully alive.” From the perspective of faith, the sacred drama of life involves and avails us the opportunity to Read more [...]

Is it Mist or a Must?

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Who is the mystic? The mystic is the person who loves being alive and whose heart breaks open wide with awe and gratefulness to the source and giver of that love and life. ~ djm We live in a time when religious divisiveness promulgated by self-righteous, Read more [...]