Yesterday while taking a walk, I kept hearing these words: Blessed are the peacemakers. Blessed are the peacemakers. When I was finally able to google this phrase, I was reminded that it appears in the Bible. It is the seventh verse of the Sermon on the Mount, and also seventh of what are known as…
How are you doing today? How are you feeling, dear friend? It seems there are ebbs and flow with our emotional landscape which seem heightened with the advent of the Coronavirus. Days where we feel more settled into this new normal and then days where there is a wave of fear, grief, sadness, or anger…
I know there is much suffering we see in the world these days. Our eyes report images of sickness, death, and dying. In Italy, there is such a shortage of ventilators that physicians feel they are no longer doctors but selectmen- who must decide who will live and and who will die. Then there are…
Today we joined and went deeper into how we can truly forgive all that we see around us that seems to be spiralling out of control. This is not to deny the challenges we all are facing at so many levels- emotional, physical, family, social, and financial – but so that we can first bring…
Today a dear friend and colleague asked me if I would pray for her and her family. I felt deeply touched. My friend is deeply devoted and has a very strong and rich prayer practice. Yet something stirred within her to reach out and ask for my prayer. I was humbled and honored by her…