Inspiration Faith & Prayer Health & Wellness Entertainment Love & Family
Newsletters Special Offers

I found this beautiful passage in Henry Nouwen’s book “Spiritual Direction: Wisdom for the Long Walk of Faith“: The deeper meaning of the “return of the prodigal son” is the return to God’s womb, the return to the very origins of being . . . What I see here is God as Mother, receiving back…

For those new Beyond Blue readers, here is a post I wrote back in January about why I love pilgrimages. If I don’t have time to fly or drive or take the train to a “God place,” I find one nearby, like the sea wall of the Naval Academy. I can’t count the number of…

Dear God, According to your friend Luke, you say this: Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. Which of you wishing to construct a tower does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if there is enough for its completion? Otherwise, after laying the…

One of the new features I’m adding to Beyond Blue this week is the “Prayer of the Week.” A couple of reasons for this: 1) I’m trying to get more spiritual, and I’m using my fear deadlines to get there. Deadlines hold great power over me. If I force myself to write a prayer every…
archives most recent
search this blog
More from Beliefnet and our partners
More from Beliefnet and our partners