Learning to Listen Deeply

The movement from life being absurd to life making sense--especially making sense of God

In our noisy world, we are stimulated, it seems by all of our senses so much that we may not be able to really hear what we need to hear—what we want to hear. The sounds of traffic, the beeps of technology, the rings on our phones always interrupt almost any attempt to find quiet—even […]

The Morphing of Community and Friendship

My progressive revelation of a vital and important spiritual reality

My understanding of community has morphed through the years. Time, failure in relationships, brutal betrayal, sacrificial love and unimaginable kindness by strangers have all helped develop my experience of being in and practicing community-of sharing friendship. If you have read some of my books, you have been a witness to my progressive revelation of what […]