Stumbling along the Spiritual Path

I am taking next week off from work. When you tell people you are going on vacation the first thing they usually ask is “Where are you going...

Let me share three quotes. One by a man named Guillaume Appollnaire, one by my granddaughter, and one by my wife. Now and then it's good...

What thoughts fill your head? Many of our thoughts are related to our survival. We all think and worry about our jobs, paying the bills, p...

In the coarse of my life some people have strongly told me to “never look back”. I understand why they say that. The past is past and you ca...

There is an old saying of unknown origin that goes “When it rains, it pours”. It definitely rained last night in my part of the world and d...

Earlier this week my telephone rang. I looked at my caller id and it said “Abbey of Gethsemani”. That doesn’t happen every day. I answered t...

Most people are judged by what they do for a living. For example, society thinks you’re more successful if you are a doctor than if you are...