Connecting Jesus’ Wisdom on the Righteous with His Jewish Heritage
Last week, a member of this year’s Beloved in the Desert cohort contemplated Psalm 37 in St. Philip’s Daily Bread reflection series. (I’ve shared one of my prior Daily Bread postings here before.) Maddie is converting to Judaism and connected the psalm with the Jewish...
Pondering the Difference between Adulate and Emulate
Last week in our antiracism discussion group (which is still going strong almost two years in), one discussion thread focused on Jesus’ parable of the Good Samaritan. While not of a different race, Samaritans were still seen as outsiders by the Jews in Jesus’ time....
Holding Space for Busy Bees and Students
This past week was very full for me. In addition to work with several editing and coaching clients, spiritual guidance sessions, and retreat leadership planning, I participated in multiple sessions of the first week of this year’s Hesychia School of Spiritual...
Revising My Comment about Charitable Giving in Europe
I’ve claimed here before that I am open to learning new things and today I’m going to share an example of that. Two weeks ago, I wrote about connecting charity and capitalism and included a statement that an American who had lived overseas told me probably a dozen...
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