The Enneagram is a useful tool in trying to see what an individual may be focusing on or engaging in when they are not really living in the present moment. There are nine points on the enneagram, each corresponding to a particular way in which one may behave or divert energy instead of being present. …
LOVE-BITTEN
From Mount Hor the children of Israel set out on the Red Sea road, to bypass the land of Edom. But with their patience worn out by the journey, the people complained against God and Moses, “Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in this desert, where there is no food or water?…
THE DRAWING GROUND
I recall years ago how the pastor at my parish opened his homily by telling us “We are here in the scripture story…this story is about us…”As we move into the last full week of Lent, the Scriptures truly are speaking directly into the experience of our lives in a way that can be unsettling, challenging, but most importantly – Excitingly hopeful.…
OPENING THE GRAVE
Why do love and death have such a close relationship?
Today’s Lenten scriptures describe one of the most intimate and powerful moments in the life of Jesus (Jn 11:1-45). As much as we hear how Jesus heals all those who approach him with faith, today’s story involves friends of Jesus, people he knew and loved very much. …
SOUL DISTANCE
It is interesting to me that today’s Gospel selection (JN 7: 40-53) begins where it does:
Some in the crowd who heard these words of Jesus said…
In what follows, there is no direct mention made about the actual words that Jesus said, which elicits so many responses from the crowd. …