While hiding in a storage closet, I wrote the first poem I’d never forget. I was stationed at Quonset Point, Rhode Island, my first duty assignment after boot camp. Before joining the Navy, I had been a Professional Psychiatric Nurse. Yet there I was, back in the familiar company of mops and brooms, assigned to…
At some point, the boundary between seeker and source dissolves.We stop reaching outward and begin to listen inward,discovering that the light we once followed has always been our own.To embody the divine is not to claim greatness,but to accept the sacred responsibility of being alive. I’ve spent much of my life watching leaders—pastors, mentors, elders—carry…
For many years, one of my favorite songs was “Jesus Is the Answer.” I sang it with conviction, believing every word. And in many ways, I still hold that Jesus offers guidance, comfort, and clarity for many of life’s questions. But I no longer believe He alone is the Answer. Because the world’s healing, its…
Throughout history, humanity has searched for meaning beyond itself. We have anchored our purpose in God, nature, destiny, and the great chain of being. Our impulse to survive and flourish feels innate because our Creator wove it into us. Remove the Creator from the equation, and the scaffolding of human purpose begins to wobble. Our…