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Christ’s Peace Invites us into Life
What I would give to hear the risen Jesus say to me, “Peace be with you”. This is how Jesus greeted the disciples after His resurrection. In the darkness of that day, He appeared to them where they had locked themselves away. He said it a second time before anyone else spoke. As I read…
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Jesus is Going to those He Loves
In the early hours of Easter morning, her world crumbled ever further. Not only had Mary Magdalene watched Jesus be tried, crucified, and buried – now He had been taken from where she had prepared His body and laid Him to rest. Just think of her standing there in the cool of the morning as…
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The Expanse of God’s Love for me Nurtures my Love for Him
The expansiveness of God’s love is more than I will ever be able to comprehend in this life. So how can I even begin to understand how God is asking me to love Him? Jesus tells me to love God.
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Where Would I Have Been?
If I had been there, where would I have been? Holy Week is upon us. Again I find myself rereading each Gospel account from the triumphal entry through to the end. The way they are told brings us right into the middle of the story from various vantage points. We almost get to see through…
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Jesus Enters into my Joys and Sorrows
Each one of our lives will weave its way through joys and sorrows. Both of these experiences, emotions, and moments are holy. They are holy for the simple reason that God is with me. Yet, this is where I meet a temptation that I have struggled with in different ways for decades.
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With Your Light, Lord, Now I See
It is here that I must remind myself that Jesus invites me into less. Into simplicity. Into the simple undeserved gift of God’s love, grace, and mercy.
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The Cross Stands Still
Our time of Lenten reflection continues in a world that has, yet again, tilted upon its axis, shifting around us. Our season of reflection and self-examination is being imposed upon by powers far larger and outside ourselves. In ways that we can anticipate, and many more that we cannot.
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The Way is Long, Beloved
Together in community we are invited to welcome, encourage, and support one another. The way is long, my beloved; it will take every day and breath our God will give you.
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That We Might See Ourselves More Clearly
We now find ourselves on the journey towards Jerusalem with Jesus. In five weeks we will be standing with Him just beyond the gates of the holy city.
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In Ashes and Hope
For the simplicity of abstaining from something is an invitation to rest within the presence of our God. That same tenderness and gentleness is a balm that heals our ability to hope. I need that balm this year. Join me, beloved, as we enter into our season of Lent.
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Reflecting on Six Years of Urban Monasticism
It has now been six years since we gathered for the very first time as Urban Monastics. There were a dozen of us in a small Parisian apartment in the Latin Quarter. More people joined us online. There was one of our founders in Berlin. There were nearly a dozen more from around Europe and…
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Easter Reflection for 2025
This Easter, I am struck by the whirlwind the women experienced when they found the tomb empty. I’ve felt my gut sink and drop through my body before. There have been unexpected discoveries that have done this. There have been other times when I received news of something inevitable. It seems, by the way that…
