Category Archives: Mystery
Sleep as a Numinous Experience
Awed by the grandeur of the universe, the ancients experienced the world as numinous and as a mystery. Filled with wonder, they could only surmise at the ultimate cause of all the beauty and goodness they saw around them. As … Continue reading
More Wonder In Ordinary Life Than In Miracles
The sun comes up every new day without fail. A great blessing that I am given another 24 hours to live. Another full day to enjoy the blessings of life. And often, I take the day for granted as though … Continue reading
Fragility of Life
Every parent has experienced it at one time or another: a mother spends her whole day cleaning up and fixing the house while the kids are in school and then sees her efforts thrown in total disarray after a few … Continue reading
Seeds And Beginnings
I pray for the passengers and crew of Flight MH17. They never bargained for what has befallen them. Just like that, in one passing moment, their lives were snuffed out: Obliterated into oblivion by a fiery ball of an explosion. … Continue reading
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Tagged Beauty, Beginnings, Blessings, Poetry, Serendipity
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A Doubting Faith
My faith has never been one of absolute certitude. I am often beset by doubts. I imagine myself in the presence of my God but sometimes I feel I am all alone. There is nobody else there. I imagine myself … Continue reading
Three Constants in My Ever-changing Life
I knew it to be true in my heart even before I heard it put into words. According to Stephen Covey, there are three constants in life: change, choice and principles. Life is in a constant flux. It is forever … Continue reading
Of Portals and Thresholds
We live at the threshold of a new world. We live in in-between times – between the already and the not yet. We are always just a step away from portal of our fondest hopes and dreams. Man has a … Continue reading
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Tagged Blessings, Eternity, Poetry
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The Grace of Serendipity
I do not remember what my dreams were last night but I knew I was crying during most of my sleep. My eyes were still smarting and wet when I woke up this morning. Sleep is an amazing phenomenon. I … Continue reading
Shalom!
Shalom! Peace. Thus did the Risen Lord greet his disciples. Huddled in fear and overwhelmed by bitter disappointment. The man who they thought was the messiah has been crucified and lay dead in the tomb. And then just out of … Continue reading
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Tagged Blessings, Doing good, Hope, Peace, Poetry
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Clouds
I love clouds: pure and white, constant and changing. Often I wonder how it is like to “wander lonely as a cloud that floats on high o’er vales and hills” and watch the earth below with flowers (like daffodils) blooming, … Continue reading