Faith & Life Inspirational Message

Anyone who has lived a few years knows that there are times when life is not good.   There are times when things don’t go very well.   We are assaulted by things that are not to our liking.   We can be sick, disappointed, or denied.   We can watch others get what we thought was rightfully ours.   We can try so hard, get so close and still lose.   Some days life is just not much fun.   I also think this is true for the spiritual life.   Anyone who has been involved in the spiritual journey for any length of time knows all days are not equal.   It is not unusual for the early days of the spiritual pilgrimage to be pretty good.   Often there is that initial burst of enthusiasm.   Not surprisingly, God can seem to be right there in your corner.   The spiritual tradition calls these graces of God “consolations.”   Consolations are good.   In fact, there are a bit like spiritual goodies.   The truth of the matter...

I simply went to Chapel to nurture my own soul.   One of the things I learned a long time ago was that I need to take care of myself spiritually.   In my own case it is easy to fall into the illusion that I do this all day long.   The illusion is grounded in the fact that I teach spirituality.   Most days I am reading and talking about spirituality.   Most days I actually try to write a little bit about spirituality.   In that sense I am immersed in spirituality.             Because of this fact, it would be easy to assume that I live in spiritual luxury.   It would be analogous to being a spiritual millionaire!   If it is all around me, why not assume that daily I am being fed soulfully?   At one level, I am fed daily.   Doing what I do is certainly better than having a job I hate and which drains my soul.   I am very lucky.   Again, it is like I am rich.   ...