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The Reading: John 4:5-14
So he came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6Jacobâs well was there, and Jesus, tired out by his journey, was sitting by the well. It was about noon.7A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to he...
Wild Geese
 You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile...
Palm Sunday: The Forest Path
Reflection Point:
âAll that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost.â
âJ.R.R. Tolkien
Scripture:
âThey took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, shouting, âHosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!ââ (John 12:13)...
Reflection Point: âA tiny sapling can feed the world and a small hope can lead the lives.â âRuthwik Reddy Sunketa
Scripture: âJesus said: What is God's kingdom like? What story can I use to explain it? It is like what happens when a mustard seed is planted in the ground. It is the smallest seed in ...
Reflection Point:Â âThe oak sleeps in the acorn, the bird waits in the egg, and in the highest vision of the soul a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of realities.â âJames Allen
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Scripture:Â Then Jesus said, âThis is what Godâs kingdom is like. Itâs as though someone scatters seed on the...
Reflection Point: âLife does not accommodate you, it shatters you. Every seed destroys its container, or else there would be no fruition.â âFlorida Scott-Maxwell
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Scripture: "We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair." (2 Corinthians 4:8)
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Wisdom from a ...
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Reflection Point: "The tiny seed knew that in order to grow it needed to be dropped in dirt, covered in darkness, and struggle to reach the light." -Sandra Kring
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Scripture: Jesus said, "Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it b...
The season of Lent can offer grounding and growth.Â
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Lent is a 40-day period leading up to Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday (it falls on March 5th this year). It is a sacred time of prayer, fasting, and almsgivingâa season where divine grace and human participation intertwine. Rooted in Christi...
A friend recently remarked on my âbuoyant spirit.â Itâs true: I can feel all kinds of dread, sadness, regret, guilt, grief, anger, fear, and agony, and then, right in the midst of it, I can bounce back to emotional equilibrium. I canât help it. Wind in the branches, a toddler stooping to look at a b...
Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent and marks the beginning of forty days of reflection, prayer, and penance leading up to Easter. In the Christian tradition, Ash Wednesday invites us to consider the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, as well as acknowledge our own mortality.
âI have to adm...
