Put on the Mind of Christ Paul tells us in his letter to the Philippians: “Be anxious for nothing. Nothing. Is that possible in today’s world? We live in a culture of anxiety. As a national newspaper shouted in a headline: “It’s not just you; we’re all living in the United States of Anxiety. In […]
When stretched beyond your limits, what do you do? If you’re anything like me, there are times in your life when you’re feeling battered by all the people, issues, or ideas that are demanding your attention? Whether it’s the family activities, work obligations, social expectations, religious or personal demands, economic or political pressures, there can […]
Is God really watching?…and what does God see? When I was a kid, my parents would sometimes remind me, “Remember, God is watching you! God sees you.” Were you ever told that? I’ll bet you were. As I look back on those occasions, and even now when someone says something like that to me, I […]
GOD CALLING In his book, Spiritual Direction according to Paul of the Cross, Bennet Kelly, C.P. suggests that, “Anxieties and inner disturbances usually come from the inner attitudes of heart, past programming, past hurts which are not totally conformed to God’s holy will, past habits which have developed from that programming, and past hurts which […]
Grace Abounds! A couple of years ago, many of our pine trees on our grounds became victim to the California drought. One of the pine trees in the upper parking lot was next in line to go. When Charles, our security and hospitality person, came to know about it, he offered to take care of […]
MOMENTS OF CALM Sometimes, not that often, we get to experience the feeling our life is drifting on. Not out of control, like Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride, but rather ebbing to and fro like the ocean tide. I must admit not having experienced this feeling myself for very long. Personally, I am a bit of […]
When you think about it, none of us is a stranger to the experience of anxiety in our lives. Money, relationships, politics, religion, disappointments, failures, misunderstandings…and the list goes on and on. This past year, one issue that has been creating a lot of anxiety in me is the latest information we’ve been getting […]
My husband, Pat, and I love to garden, although there are times when it wouldn’t give that impression if you came to visit. Yet, while we have occasionally called in help, we both admit to the joy (and burden) of being connected with the soil. Pat, who grew up in San Francisco, comes from a […]
ABSENT PRESENCE Recently I had the pleasure of being on retreat with Fr. Michael Fish, a Benedictine priest who lives as a hermit for most of the year, and the balance of the year delivers silent guided retreats. He is a man of many talents and beams what it means to be a […]
