15 Mar, 2021
Today, we're talking the story of Nicodemus and his evening rendezvous with Jesus (John 3). First of all, let me say that scholars agree that the story of Nicodemus never really happened, as almost everything in the Gospel of John never really...
08 Mar, 2021
Once again, our kind, gentle, compassionate, forgiving, patient, teacher seems almost to have transformed in the same way the Hulk goes from quiet, emotionally reserved Dr. Bruce Banner, into a green giant with gargantuan muscles and a mind of...
01 Mar, 2021
Jesus was a hard-ass. We mostly really think of him as kind, loving, patient, compassionate, generous and caring. But, he was also a hard-ass sometimes.The passage in Mark 8:31-37 where Jesus says to Peter, "Get out of my sight, you Satan!" is...
22 Feb, 2021
During our six Sundays of Lent, I’ll be preaching on six stories of Jesus from the Gospels of Mark and John, while using a quote from Marcel Proust to connect them all: “The only true voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes,...
15 Feb, 2021
Last week we talked about using the spiritual gift of imagination to imagine ourselves: who we want to be and how we want to be remembered. This week I want to talk about using our imagination for the world… to invite us to the practice of...
08 Feb, 2021
No one ever really talks about it, but I firmly believe that imagination is a spiritual gift, inherent in each human being and affects everything we do and everything we are. In fact, according to John O’Donohue, the sacred duty of the...
01 Feb, 2021
A new student arrives at the monastery and says to the Abbot, “I want to join. How long is it going to take me to be enlightened?” And the Abbot says; “Ten years.” Student, “Well, what if I work twice as hard?” “Twenty years.” “Well, wait a...
25 Jan, 2021
Elijah was one of the greatest OT prophets, known for his wisdom and power, but Elijah got himself in a bit of trouble after executing 450 prophets of the Canaanite God Ba’al. Specifically, he got in trouble with Queen Jezebel, wife of King...
18 Jan, 2021
This message begins a three part series on stillness , which is not to be confused with not moving. Spiritually speaking, stillness – inner stillness which feels like inner peace – is something much different. It is often cultivated by non-...
11 Jan, 2021
I like the new year! It’s one of those beginnings that invites excitement. It’s a little odd, because there really isn’t any huge difference between one day and the next. Yet, there is something energetically attractive about ringing out the...