From the Heart
Thich Nhat Hanh writes:
“Someone asked me, ‘Aren’t you worried about the state of the world?” I allowed myself to breathe and then I said, ‘What is most important is not to allow your anxiety about what happens in the world to fill … read more.
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From the Heart
“Follow your Bliss!” Most of my advice as a minister is summarized in this phrase. I know life is far less than perfect and often difficult. And still, please follow your bliss.
This is not a command, … read more.
From the Heart
In her excellent book Radical Acceptance: Embracing your Life with the Heart of a Buddha, Tara Brach writes:
“D. H. Lawrence described our Western culture as being like a great uprooted tree with its roots in the air. ‘We are perishing for lack … read more.
From the Heart
Ralph Waldo Emerson writes that a sermon is “life passed through the fire of thought.” In this Emerson challenges me – and other preachers – to make our sermons about our own lives, rather than solely about abstract intellectual or scriptural … read more.
From the Heart
My Unitarian Universalist colleague Reverend Naomi King calls us to cultivate: “cities of refuge, houses of hope, and gardens of peace.”
She issues this call in the face of those who would say our predicaments are overwhelming. She believes we … read more.
