There are around a hundred and fifty reflections here, going back to 2022. They are arranged below by what you might be carrying rather than by subject — because nobody comes looking for “spirituality”; most come here because something is going on in their lives.
Six popular reflections in each category. Take whichever line sounds like the week you are having.
When everything is too much
- The Coping Room
- Emergency Pause: Three Breaths Before Responding
- On Inner Peace
- Blurred Vision
- The Carousel of Our Own Making
- No Matter What
When you are moving too fast
- Slowing Down
- The Weather You Bring
- The Yellow Light
- A Quieter Journey
- Don’t Slouch
- Life Lessons from Ireland’s Single Track Roads
When someone is hard to be with
- The Forgotten Art of Seeing Each Other
- Dialog and Christian Love in Difficult Times
- Engage, Enrage and Divide … Repeat
- An Open Mind and a Closed Heart
- Right or Righteousness?
- Winners and Losers
When you cannot decide
- Waiting in Sacred Space
- The Anatomy of a Bad Decision
- W.A.I.T. … a moment
- A River Full of Thoughts
- Prayer without Agenda
- The Lack of Agenda
When prayer goes quiet
- Is God There … Only to Disappear from View?
- Resistance
- Detachment
- The Benefits of Unlearning
- Contemplation
- The Sound of Silence
When you are hard on yourself
- Have I Labeled Myself Into a Corner?
- Embracing Failure
- Loving Yourself, Part II
- The Sanctuary Which Is Me
- “Hell and Damnation”
- On Becoming Love
When something has been lost
- In Times of Sadness
- Empathy … When a Soul Bleeds
- The Guest
- Unfinished Business
- Big Belonging and Small Belongings
- Between Walls
When you need some hope
- Remaining Hopeful
- Hope and Desire, a Complex Relationship
- “A Dose of Hopium Please, and Hold the Sarcasm”
- Hope Is a Two-Way Street
- Silver Linings
- Seeing Through Heaven’s Eyes
When you just want to notice more
- Tall Stories About Trees
- A Walk on the Beach
- The Open Eyes of the Heart of a Child
- Noticing the Patterns in Everyday Life
- A Boy, a Stone and a Pond
- The Beauty in Daydreaming
Everything else
These fifty-four are the ones I would put in somebody’s hands. There are a hundred more, and search will find them faster than scrolling will. A new reflection arrives most weeks — you can have it sent to you.