Sister Joan Chittister tells the story of a seeker who once asked an elderly monk “What is it you do in a monastery?” And the old man took a minute and then he answered “oh, we fall and we get up, and we fall and we get up, and we fall and we get up
Thomas Merton once said that we may spend our whole lives climbing the ladder of success, only to find when we get to the top that our ladder has been leaning against the wrong wall. We are shaken when we find out that, in building a life that we call success, that we are told
Today’s title comes from St. Augustine of Hippo, one of the most influential thinkers in the Western Christian church. About 1500 years ago, he wrote: Once and for all, I give you this one short command: love, and do what you will. If you hold your peace, hold your peace out of love. If you
Do you feel abundant? Do you feel surrounded by the inexorable flow of health, joy, resources, opportunity? Right here and now? I’m not asking for a show of hands. Sometimes we don’t. Sometimes, often, I don’t. Well known author, teacher and Unity minister Eric Butterworth wrote: “in a time when the world is facing the
Tomorrow we honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Although we celebrate this year on January 16, today is his actual birthday. He was born here in Atlanta on January 15, 1929. If he were alive today he would be 88. Dr. King was a visionary who taught us so much about community and the ties