

The Search for Community
I’ve compiled a mental list of things I need to do this year, to push me forward on my spiritual journey. The list includes: visiting a Quaker meeting, going to a service at the Unity Center, trying out Catholic mass at the parish my friends attend, going to the Greek Orthodox Church at least once, and occasionally attending sacrament service with my husband at his LDS church. I’m considering trying the Methodist church again, and I for sure plan to continue attending and/or


Sometimes it all seems like too much. (A prayer for the grieving and overwhelmed.)
I've been trying to come up with something useful to say, this week, this month, this season. I thought maybe I'd found some words, inspired by a prayer I was given recently. But as it turns out, there's just nothing to say after this prayer has been said. And so I offer you the gem of this heartfelt prayer of grief by Ted Lodor, from the amazing book "Guerrillas of Grace: Prayers for the Battle". May you be well. Sometimes It Just Seems to be Too Much Sometimes, Lord, it jus