“Catholic theologian James Allison describes faith not as intellectually ascending to a set of theological propositions, but he describes faith as relaxing. Relaxing in the love and presence of God in the way we relax in the presence of someone we are certain is fond of us.“

“Maybe the Sermon on the Mount is all about Jesus’ lavish blessing of the people around him on that hillside who his world—like ours—didn’t seem to have much time for: people in pain, people who work for peace instead of profit, people who exercise mercy instead of vengeance.”

“We Earthlings are all susceptible to Covid-19, regardless of what country, city, or place we are citizens of. “

“They say ‘be not afraid,’ But never once have I stopped being afraid just because someone said that. I AM afraid.”

“A threshold is not a simple boundary;

it is a frontier that divides two different territories, rhythms and atmospheres.”

Mercy…Mercy…Mercy…

“The world Jesus inhabited was a world of fractious intensity. The Israel of Jesus, like the Israel of today, was a spiritual and literal battle zone. He was love in the most hostile environment imaginable.”

“The good news is not that there is an inside group who have done the right things to release health and happiness in God’s favor and there is an outside group that doesn’t meet the requirements for a good life and that yay! -  the church can make sure you are in the inside group. “

Delight is in the air!

A road is a poetic thing.

On our last day of A Weekend with David Whyte, he gave us a list of things to think of in order to live a deeper, fuller life. He talked about trying to figure out what you want in life.

David said his friend John O’Donohue lived believing, “Wasn’t it amazing to have been in the world together at the same time?”