Who are we here for?

who are we here for

If I am here for me and mine, then I stand in a narrow place. I might feel secure and know the borders. I can measure out the capacity of my day and have enough left. But if I am here for you, and for others I encounter along the way, then I stand in … Read more

Our role in a bigger story?

our role in a bigger story

I wonder whose story we are part of. In our dominant western culture, we do tend to think in terms of our individual lives. What’s the story we tell ourselves and others about who we are and what we’re about. But actually, even then we are part of a bigger relational narrative. What we do … Read more

The gift of today

gift of today

Sandwiched between yesterday’s unmet demands and the expectations of tomorrow, today can feel like a very narrow place. But it doesn’t have to be. We can fling wide the gates and encounter the possibilities of now. We can breathe deeply and notice what’s really going on. Because yesterday’s lists have a tendency to melt revealing … Read more