Reflections

Thoughts on faith, prayer, and the interior life.

The Traps in Trying to Bear Fruit

We can't generate fruit by our own activity. But we also can't use that as an excuse to never do anything at all.

We worry about the obvious fakes. But the more dangerous counterfeits are the ones that look and sound like the real deal.

Some words roll off our tongues with a casual ease far lighter than the weight of the meaning really requires.

We say it all the time. But what does it actually mean — and what does it cost us when we say it without thinking?