a conversation

I’ve recently been in a conversation with a friend about the possibility of expanding the “brand of communitas” (his words, not mine) to a larger circle of folks in the Phoenix area.  While I’ve back and forth about how I feel about this conversation, my biggest fear has remained that I don’t want to get [...]

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There is a contemplative in all of us

There is a contemplative in all of us,
almost strangled but still alive,
who craves quiet enjoyment of the Now,
and longs to touch the seamless garment of silence
which makes whole.
Alan P. Tory

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I am giving up “myself” for Lent

Over the few past years, I have learned to love the annual rhythms of the traditional Christian calendar.  Not being raised in a faith tradition that valued (or even mentioned) the cycles of seasons such as Advent & Lent, it is refreshing to me to yearly explore these seasons and the themes they represent.  This [...]

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