lambs on New Zealand coast

Weak religion is a beautiful thing as long as, in spite of its imperfections, it resists the temptation to become hardened into bad religion. By “weak religion” I mean religious cultures that are necessarily flawed and imperfect, but flexible and alive. They will all slip occasionally into being “bad religions” […]

sculpture of a face in the gardens of the Pitti Palace, Florence

I God of sowing and reaping You created a universe of order and chaos with terrible beauty And it is very good All things are working together But it’s a wild mess Death and life entwined Your blessings raining on the just and the unjust We reap the fruit of […]

Seeking wholeness promises to be about as elusive as seeking happiness. There is something about concentrating on the pursuit that makes the desired goal all that much harder to find. But there are certain patterns, rhythms, and practices that we can build into our lives that seem to make the […]