Prepare: Tuesday in Holy Week

John 12:27-36   “Now my soul is troubled. And what should I say– `Father, save me from this hour’? No, it is for this reason that I have come to this hour. Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.” The crowd standing […]

Enlighten: Beyond Ourselves

Today, I will close this series of images and reflections from Grace Cathedral with a personal story about my first and lasting connection living into this particular sacred space. The AIDS Interfaith Chapel at Grace Cathedral is one of my most sacred spaces.  I, like many of us, vividly recall experiences of living and dying […]

Enlighten: Prayer for Peace

Many of us know this prayer attributed to St. Francis of Assisi: Lord make me an instrument of your peace Where there is hatred, Let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; And where there is sadness, Joy. O […]

Enlighten: God Speaks

“God speaks to each of us as he makes us, then walks with us silently out of the night. These are the words we dimly hear: You, sent out beyond your recall, go to the limits of your longing. Embody me. Flare up like flame and make big shadows I can move in. Let everything […]