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...
by Guy Sayles | Dec 31, 2013 |
Here is my benediction from the last Sunday of the year. The idea (and phrase) to “bless the year” came from John O’Donnohue. His blessing of the year is different from mine, but there are echoes of his here, especially in the phrase “bless the year for all you have...
by Guy Sayles | Dec 27, 2013 |
Increasingly, I think that “growing up” means moving from childishness to childlikeness. So, one of my hopes and intentions for the New Year is to become more childlike. I want to live with more wonder, openness, playfulness and, most of all,...
by Guy Sayles | Dec 25, 2013 |
The Gospel of John compressed the Christmas story into a single and shimmering sentence: “The Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s unique son, full of grace and truth.”’ No peasant parents, singing angels,...
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