“When suddenly you seem to lose all you thought you had gained, do not despair. You must expect setbacks and regressions. Don’t say to yourself “All is lost. I have to start all over again.” This is not true. What you have gained you have gained….When you return to the road, you return to the…
Tag: faith
No one is required to see Santa
In the movie Polar Express there is a scene where a little boy, feeling fearful, a bit rejected, certainly lonely, remains on the Polar Express while all the other children hop off to see Santa. The children are excited because the Conductor has told them “one of you will receive the first gift of Christmas from Santa….
A Pilgrim’s lack of progress, subtitled: why pray?
“Why do we need to pray if God knows what we are going to say before we think it?” The question took me completely by surprise. This was a group that had been meeting to encourage one another, to provide for ourselves a forum of spiritual accountability. As the question bounced off the walls, I…
Hybrid Thoughts 