A Retreat With Brennan Manning
If I could have anyone lead me on a spiritual retreat with Jesus it’d be Brennan Manning. I wish I could do that and invite…
Tag: Cross of Christ
Itching For Jesus? (My Painful Reaction to Poison Oak)
Recently I was trail running in the hills during a private retreat at the Prince of Peace monastery. It was a beautiful day and I…
Battling Chronic Pain
I talk with people who struggle with chronic pain. I’m in my fourth week of pain since having a nerve in my left hand injured by…
Ouch! She Hit a Nerve!
The nurse hit a nerve in my hand! I screamed in pain and now my hand is withered. Will I view God by my bad circumstances or my circumstances by God's love? I went to the cross of Christ.
Days of Holy Week Devotional: Receiving Jesus’ Empathy
The days of Holy Week are a special opportunity to draw on Jesus’ empathy in new ways. You know that the last seven days of…
Experience the Joy of Lent
Try this simple, inspiring discipline to live with the cross of Christ and empty tomb in your mind. It helps us turn from sin to Jesus. It's great for Lent.
Bless My Enemies, O Lord
How do you respond when a family member speaks harshly to you? When you’re publicly criticized or slandered? When you’re vandalized or abused? Often it’s…
Jesus is Our True Mother
Happy Mother’s Day to all of you who are mothers! For you and for all of our mothers — and all women who, even if…
Jesus is My Heaven
Recently I read a line from Julian of Norwich’s Revelations of Divine Love that so warmed my heart with a longing to be close to Jesus…
At the Cross of Christ with Julian of Norwich
Julian of Norwich writes, “It seemed to me that I could feel the Passion of Christ strongly, but yet I longed by God’s grace to…