Hearing the Other into Speech ~ A Life-Line

This week I am giving three days of talks to spiritual directors-in-training. My topic is On Being Present. Among the various things I will talk about is Nelle Morton's powerful experience and idea of hearing the other into speech. And not just into Read more [...]

Life-Line

Today's Life-Line is: [Americans] live by the grace of an unacknowledged inheritance from a rich godfather. The “civil” in our civilization was created by generations whose religious institutions taught them that the golden rule and the inalienable Read more [...]

The Courage to Meet the Dragon

“The basic instruction is simple: Start taking off that armor.” ~ Pema Chödrön Taking Refuge in the Three Jewels Earlier I wrote about the late Catholic theologian John Dunne’s method of “passing over” as a form of religious thought Read more [...]