Meeting on the Road

Can it be, the Divine comes to walk with us
on the road of our doubts,
our pain, our brokenness?

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Swimming in God

Daily Poems of Longing, Joy, and Love

With deep understanding of the human spirit, each poem by Tina Datsko de Sánchez touches the reader’s core with its rich imagery and holy metaphors.

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Easter Poem

I’m from down under in NZ, so our Lenten season is inverted where we journey through autumn to winter rather than spring to summer. Feel free to use it.

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Lent – Easter – Passiontide – Pentecost

Easter, Ascension, and Pentecost do not form three seasons. The Easter season celebrates the three dimensions of the resurrection, ascension, and the sending of the Spirit.

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Spring is Coming: Resources for Lent

Even and especially in these difficult times, the Lenten journey can be an encouraging, enlightening path to hope, resilience, and new life.

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Short Prayer for Those Grieving

May blessings abound for you where they are not expected.

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“Martin Luther King, Jr., APRIL 4, 1968”

By Gwendolyn Brooks

His Dream still wishes to anoint
the barricades of faith and of control.

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This Isn’t Just Jesus’ Birthday

It isn’t just Jesus’ birthday. The whole of creation is reborn.

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Advent and Holiday E-Courses

A collection of holiday opportunities for spiritual retreat.

Looking for a spiritual retreat to tide you over in quiet contemplation during the holy days leading up to Hanukkah, Winter Solstice, Christmas, Kwanzaa, New Year’s Day, and Epiphany? Here are many choices — some Christian and inclusive, others multifaith — from which you can find a perfect match for your needs.

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Nourishing Endurance

We know now he gave us this meal
to nourish our endurance,

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Hymn for the Hurting

Amanda Gorman's Poem

Maybe everything hurts,
Our hearts shadowed & strange.

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Poem about Cambodia, Jackson State, Kent State Resonates Today

Poem about Cambodia, Jackson State, Kent State Resonates Today

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Meaningful Messages: On Your Journey

Meaningful Messages has been created to help you to find a sense of calm and contentment.

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A Lot of Christianity Has It Wrong

A lot of Christianity
has it wrong. 
We are not broken. 

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Beautiful words from Asher Callahan

God is still creating you. You are no less beautiful and wild than a sunset or a beach or a puffin. You are loved. You have a place here.

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St. Patrick’s Day Blessings: The Inner Landscape: John O’Donohue

On this St. Patrick’s Day it is fitting to receive a blessing from a grand Irishman whose writing reaches into my soul.

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24 Hours of Reality: “Earthrise” by Amanda Gorman

“It is a hope that implores us at an uncompromising core to keep rising up for an Earth more than worth fighting for.”

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The Hill We Climb

The words of Amanda Gorman, Poet Laureate, from her moving poem during the inauguration of Joseph Biden and Kamala Harris as President and Vice-President of the United States of America.

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