The Mystery Will Be Revealed
Ubuntu Practice # 7. Choose Hope Over Optimism. I love to write. This fact is interesting because I did not learn to read or write until after the third grade. To the second grade me reading and writing was a mystery. I believed that this mystery had simply been...Am I Too Much, Or Not Enough?
An Interview with Esther Perel I have a hard time asking for what I need. Actually, let me be more clear, I have a hard time being a person who needs anything. In my 50 years I have loved deeply. But, to be honest, I am not sure I have ever let myself be loved,...Don’t Avert Your Eyes
How Putting Ourselves in the Shoes of Others Prepares Us for True Fellowship. Ubuntu Practice # 3. For the last five days my child has been home with the stomach flu. I am telling you this for two reasons. First, this blog may ramble a bit, so please forgive me....Golf is Life. How the practice of Ubuntu invites us to play.
First, let me begin by saying I don’t give a rat’s behind about the game of golf. Secondly, I want to say I play A LOT of golf these days. And playing golf has (and I am not being dramatic here) saved my life over the past couple of years. Tomorrow...Acknowledging Reality (however painful) We Don’t Have to (actually, we can’t) do it Alone
My mother, Sarah Jane Fletcher age 9. circa 1948 At all times I am reading multiple books. Right now I am moving gently between two prophetic books, Everyday Ubuntu by Mungi Ngomane and The Tears of Things by Fr. Richard Rohr. Last week I interviewed Mungi Ngomane...Podcast with Mungi Ngomane
Here is my recent talk with Mungi Ngomane, author of Everyday Ubuntu!
Self-Denial May Not Save You. But Community Will.
From the Book of Common Prayer Ash Wednesday service: Dear People of God: The first Christians observed with greatdevotion the days of our Lord’s passion and resurrection, andit became the custom of the Church to prepare for them by a season of penitence and...
Your Silence Will Not Protect You. But Community Will.
Recently I had a very beautiful dream. In this dream I was swimming down a river that flowed through a lush green setting. The river moved with gentleness through the large swaying trees and green grass. As I was swimming I took note that I was moving at a quick pace,...