The Spiritual Impact of Rubbing Along Together
Last week, I began my Advent journey by reflecting on a quote from Rūmī: “If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?” I focused on the words themselves and their various meanings in our culture. This week, I want to shift to a more explicitly...
What Does It Mean to Be Polished?
If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished? —Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī America’s social discourse can be pretty caustic these days. A few months ago, I read this quote on Silentium, one of the online ministries offered by a friend and...
Sharing Christ with Children in Jerusalem
As I noted in last week’s post, I’m sharing my thoughts on my interactions with Palestinian Christians in the Holy Land this Advent. Today I want to focus on a family that turns their home into Jerusalem Santa’s House each year, a place for “children to feel the...
One Man’s Experience of Being Christian in the Holy Land Today
During Advent this year, I’m focusing much of my attention on the experience of Christians in the Holy Land today. This is because I served as spiritual director for a pilgrimage from St. Philip’s to the Holy Land last month. In this post, I want to focus on the...
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