12 Questions for Spiritual Awareness
Following up on my last essay concerning Spiritual Resiliency I thought I would now look at some ways to gain a deeper understanding of ourselves so we can bett...
Tag: Spirituality
4 Dimensions of Spiritual Resilience
Part of the training system used by the military is resiliency training. The ability to recover quickly from one mission to another is extremely important in t...
… And Peter
I will admit that I have had a long fascination with the Apostle Peter. When I was entering the novitiate at Glastonbury Abbey in Hingham Massachusetts,...
How Will We Be Judged?
As you can imagine, I get involved in many conversations relating to religion, life, and death. More often than not the conversation turns to how we will be ju...
Our Prodigal Lives
The Sunday’s prior to the start of Great Lent each carry a theme in preparation for the start of this holiest of seasons on the Church calendar. In the O...
Humility and The Spiritual Life
I believe that humility is one of the most misunderstood aspects of the spiritual life. Humility is not the sense that we are worthless and that we will never ...
3 Scripture Reading Suggestions
As a Spiritual Father, I am often asked about a plan to follow for Scripture reading. I am a proponent of daily Scripture reading no matter how much or how lit...
The Power of the Pause
The last few weeks I have been writing a lot about action, make a plan, look in the mirror, and other such essays on how to get motivated to get things done. B...
What Do You See in the Mirror?
In my last article I asked a question about the legacy that we are leaving behind and how would people remember us. This week I am following up on that questio...
What is Your Legacy?
One of the conversations I most often have in my work as a hospice chaplain is how will people remember their loved one; in other words, what is their legacy? ...