so my soul is made for you, oh God

By Christi Ortiz   Ancient wisdom reminds us it is not in the doing, the best things in life you cannot force, like love, joy, peace, generosity, forgiveness, and lasting change. This is hard for our driven minds to understand we’re used to bulldozing our way through life to get …

The world needs us to cry more, to cry tears of repentance, tears of grief, tears of compassion,

Some think gratitude is a difficult thing to cultivate

Why were the apostles chastised for looking up into the sky? Didn't Jesus just ascend? Who's to blame them?

A spirituality that pulls me deeper and deeper into my self, further immersed in self absorption, is a wolf in sheep's clothing