The Road goes ever on and on Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, And I must follow, if I can, Pursuing it with eager feet, Until it joins some larger way. ~ J. R. R. Tolkien The Sacred Romance calls to us every moment of our lives. It…
Prayer: Stay at Home
As Christians, we often feel the ungrounded restlessness of our ontological lightness even in our prayers. We find ourselves praying for God to “do” this, or for Him to help us “do” that. Our prayers seem to originate from somewhere near the surface of our skin rather than any deep place inside. We go away…
God the Ageless Romancer
So long as we imagine it is we who have to look for God, we must often lose heart. But it is the other way about — He is looking for us. ~ Simon Tugwell Can it possibly get any more uncertain than this? We so long for life to be better than it is.…