Reflection: Vastness and Smallness

The journey of Holy Week is one of vastness, and of smallness. How vast is the nature of God’s love for all of God’s people. How small are we in the great sea of time and space. How vast is the Universe of interstellar space. How small are we on this small earth, our island […]

Cultivating Sacred Space Week 5: “Stillness”

Fifth Sunday in Lent:  April 6, 2014 Weekly Lectionary Readings This week’s readings give us two poignant images to consider:  a prophetic dream of Ezekiel where dry bones rise into life; then, the story of Jesus raising Lazarus from death into life.  In the middle of these stories, the Psalmist urges us to wait on the Lord […]

Cultivating Sacred Space Week 3: Living Water

The story of Jesus meeting the woman of Samaria at the well is unquestionably my favorite Gospel story; in my faith community, it is the reading for this Third Sunday in Lent.  Here is a link, if you’d like to take a read:  John 4:5-22 For me, this story is rich with all those aspects […]