by Guy Sayles | Jan 29, 2014 |
Back in December, I posted a reflection on how the incarnation—God’s becoming flesh in Jesus—was a ground of assurance that we may trust the goodness and love of God. God is, the incarnation makes clear, like Jesus. Another crucial truth of the incarnation...
by Guy Sayles | Jan 26, 2014 |
Near the end of Toni Morrison’s novel, Beloved, Paul D., a freed slave, tells Sethe, a woman who escaped slavery but remains haunted by her memories of it: “Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.” We can be chained to...
by Guy Sayles | Jan 20, 2014 |
The writer most of know as the creator of The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, said: “If you want to build a ship, don’t herd people together to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the...
by Guy Sayles | Jan 17, 2014 |
Last Sunday morning, as did many Christians, we remembered the baptism of Jesus. We gave thanks for great gifts of grace and mercy which flow into us and surround us through our immersion in the love of God made known in Jesus’ life, teachings, death and...
by Guy Sayles | Jan 14, 2014 |
Jackson Browne sang: I want to live in the world not inside my head. . . To open my eyes and wake up alive in the world To open my eyes and fully arrive in the world. Me too. I want to hear the blues singer on the street and to tap my feet to bluegrass in a...
by Guy Sayles | Jan 2, 2014 |
Most of us know something about the insidious effects of speed; the relentlessly hurried pace and increasingly hassled pressure of our lives aren’t good for us. From early in the morning until late in the evening, a lot of us sprint from one thing to...
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