Christmas is the celebration of the keeping of a promise. A saving promise.

To know that God loves us in the state of grace or disgrace is the most powerful motivation to respond with the aid of grace to His loving call.

The older I get the less I see spirituality as an accomplishment. It seems to me to be mostly a matter of letting go and being willing to receive the special gifts God desires to give to us in His timing.

The role of silence is to create the space where we encounter the silent Presence.

Most incredible, however, are the times we know Christ is with us in the midst of our daily, routine lives. In the middle of cleaning the house or driving somewhere in the pick-up, He stops us. . . in our tracks and makes His presence known. Often it's in the middle of the most mundane task that He lets us know He is there with us. We realize, then, that there can be no "ordinary" moments for people who live their lives with Jesus.

To be rooted in love is to look beyond surface appearances to see the inner beauty in others often disfigured by sin.

Seeing ourselves through the eyes of grace frees us to be for others all we need to be.