Date

Author/topic

Year 2000

Feb 25, 2000

Inspiration for these days

Feb. 29, 2000

Fasching

Mar. 3, 2000

Nouwen

Mar. 7, 2000

CS Lewis, Malcolm

Mar. 10, 2000

William Law

Mar. 14, 2000

Kierkegaard

Mar. 17, 2000

Chinese proverb

Mar. 21, 2000

Nelson Kiefer’s Lenten Garden

Mar. 24, 2000

Malcolm Boyd, Midnight in Mississippi

Mar. 28, 2000

Hammarskjold

Mar. 31, 2000

Moravian ditty

Apr. 4, 2000

Bass, Practicing our Faith

Apr. 7, 2000

Thomas A Kempis

Apr. 11, 2000

Norris, Cloister Walk

Apr. 14, 2000

Guerric of Igny

Apr. 17, 2000

Kierkegaard

Apr. 18, 2000

Nouwen, Here & Now

Apr. 19, 2000

Hammarskjold

Apr. 20, 2000

Nouwen, Here & now

Apr. 21, 2000

Hammarskjold

Apr. 22, 2000

Ignatius, spiritual Exercises

Apr. 25, 2000

K. Norris, Cloister

Apr. 28, 2000

Bloom, Beginning to Pray

May 2, 2000

Swimme, Green Dragon

May 5, 2000

Norris, Amazing Grace, forgiveness

May 9, 2000

V. Hugo, from Mother’s Day booklet

May 12, 2000

Various words for mothers.

May 16, 2000

M. Thompson, forgiveness in Weavings.

May 19, 2000

Matthew Fox

May 23, 2000

William Law

May 26, 2000

Foster, Disc. Celeb.

May 30, 2000

Jacob Boehme

June 2, 2000

Quaker Hymn “How Can I Keep from singing (In Bass, Practicing….)

June 6, 2000

L Greg Jones on forg in Interp mag.

June 9, 2000

T. Keating, God Intimacy

June16, 2000

Beth Orton, sacredness

June 20, 2000

Merton on forgiveness

June 23, 2000

Evagrius on 2 kinds

June 27, 2000

Keating on 2 kinds

June 30, 2000

Norris in Amazing Grace

July 4, 2000

Dykstra

July 7, 2000

Swimme

July 11, 2000

Cassian

July 14, 2000

Nouwen on compassion from Here & Now

July 25, 2000

Tuoti on being a mystic

July 28, 2000

Cassian on Mt 6:6

Aug. 1, 2000

Labyrinths w/ link to Grace Cathedral

Aug. 4, 2000

Nouwen on Devot reading

Sept. 1, 2000

Rolheiser

Sept. 5, 2000

Begbie

Sept. 8, 2000

Begbie

Sept. 12, 2000

Washington Post on Stockholder responsibility

Sept. 15, 2000

Dykstra

Sept. 19, 2000

Keating

Sept. 22, 2000

Stockholder responsibility

Sept. 26, 2000

Zalesky, CCent, perfectionism

Sept. 29, 2000

Merton on Dostoyevsky

Oct. 3, 2000

William Law on ucs power.

Oct. 6, 2000

Matthew Fox in intro to West. Spir. book

Oct. 10, 2000

Paulsell on body in Bass Practices

Oct. 13, 2000

Maddy Prior’s The Laugh & the Kiss

Oct. 17, 2000

Maddy Prior on Bro Lawrence & listening

Oct. 20, 2000

Bawer quoting Tillich on life’s pace & stress

Oct. 24, 2000

Oxford Book of Prayer analysis of LP

Oct. 27, 2000

Brueggemann, p. 1-3 in intro Finally comes the Poet

Oct. 31, 2000

Election prayer from BCP

Nov. 3, 2000

Brueggeman Greeley quote

Nov. 7, 2000

Bonhoeffer

Nov. 10, 2000

Howard Rice & Calvin

Nov. 14, 2000

Schumacher, Small is Beautiful

Nov. 17, 2000

Henderson quote on TKS and refer to his website.

Nov. 21, 2000

Jn Coburn on prayer of thanksgiving.

Nov. 24, 2000

Charles Colson quote on gratitude

Nov. 28, 2000

Ford, Self & Salvation, on music

Dec. 1, 2000

Fasching, Augustine on bible & God.

Dec. 5, 2000

Ford, Self & Salvation, on singing again

Dec. 8, 2000

Bloom, Beginning to Pray, p. xviii

Dec. 12, 2000

Ford, Self & Salvation quoting Bonhoeffer on music.

Dec. 15, 2000

Dossey on Healing

Dec. 19, 2000

Costen & Wren on singing Twice

Dec. 22, 2000

Ann Weems poem from Kneeling In Bethlehem

Dec. 26, 2000

Another Weems poem from Kneeling in Bethlehem.

Dec. 29, 2000

Gordon Bock Quaker Blessing

2001

Jan. 2, 2001

Norris’s Cloister Walk on Saints for Jan. 2

Jan. 5, 2001

Weems poem “The Magi”

Jan. 9, 2001

Matthew Fox on learning from “Reinventing Work”

Jan. 12, 2001

Nouwen on self-rejection from “Beloved”

Jan. 16, 2001

Coburn, thanksgiving & adversity

Jan. 19, 2001

Keating on Intimacy & spir journey.

Jan. 26, 2001

Culture:  “Make good Use of Good Things”

Jan. 30, 2001

Rolheiser on Janis Joplin & Mother Teresa.

Feb. 2, 2001

Brueggemann on the Bible

Feb. 6, 2001

Eugene Peterson:  Jesus is God stooping to us.

Feb. 9, 2001

Kathleen Norris on “Mysticism”

Feb. 13, 2001

Buechner on the Lord’s Prayer

Feb. 16, 2001

Buechner on the Lord’s Prayer, Pt. 2

Feb. 20, 2001

Iris DeMent, “Let the Mystery Be”

Feb. 23, 2001

Howard Rice quoting D. Sayers on Detective novels.

Feb. 27, 2001

Norris on Rule of Benedict

Mar. 2, 2001

Chaucer & Blake & pilgrimages

Mar. 6, 2001

Willimon & Huerwas on Journey of faith

Mar. 9, 2001

Dykstra on the village of Le Chambon

Mar. 13, 2001

Tikkun Olam, of W. Eugene March in PCUSA news.

Mar. 16, 2001

J. S. Bach Cantata #84 “God owes me nothing

Mar. 20, 2001

Andre Louf, “The organ of prayer”

Mar. 23, 2001

Prayer of Archbishop Romero

Mar. 27, 2001

Coburn on Family Prayers

Mar. 30, 2001

“The Daily Office” from CCent 3-21-01

Apr. 3, 2001

Breath Prayers & Cassian

Apr. 6, 2001

Merton on Being a Beginner in Prayer

Apr. 9, 2001

Louf on What’s so special about Jesus’prayer

Apr. 10, 2001

Louf on Jesus’ learning to pray

Apr. 11, 2001

Louf on Jesus’ temptations

Apr. 12, 2001

Louf on the Will of God

Apr. 13, 2001

Louf on Jesus’ death

Apr. 14, 2001

Louf on what Jesus’ death achieved

Apr. 15, 2001

Louf on the birth of the eternal Christ

Apr. 17, 2001

Louf on the difficulty of prayer

Apr. 20, 2001

Presby Outlook brief review, the difficulty of sitting quietly.

Apr. 24, 2001

Cassian on motivation.

Apr. 27, 2001

Ford on Gentleness

May 1,  2001

Willimon & Hauerwas on Sin

May 4, 2001

Rolheiser on Sin in the Church

May 8, 2001

Matthews on the Faith Factor & Healing

May 11, 2001

Kahlil Gibran on Mothers

May 15, 2001

Willimon & Hauerwas on Forgiveness & family

May 18, 2001

Thinking about death from “Handbook for Mortals"

May 22, 2001

Prayer (& Public schools) from Foster

May 25, 2001

Repentance from Barbara Brown Taylor

May 29, 2001

Repentance from L Gregory Jones in Ccent

June 1, 2001

Evanovich’s picture of God

June 5, 2001

Barth on the Longing that brings us to worship

June 8, 2001

David Ford on Jesus’ministry

June 19, 2001

CS Lewis Narnia creation & jokes

June 22, 2001

Byars on worship is part of creation

June 25, 2001

Thos. Berry on Ecozoic era

June 29, 2001

Boehme on knowing God in Jesus

July 3, 2001

A prayer of Martin Luther

July 6, 2001

Howard Rice on Problems in prayer

July 10, 2001

Rolheiser, Every choice is a renunciation

July 13, 2001

Bonhoeffer, praying psalms with Jesus

July 17, 2001

Louf on a description of prayer

July 20, 2001

Nouwen on Rejoicing in the material goods of the world

July 27, 2001

Howard Rice on the role of scripture

July 31, 2001

Foster on a definition of prayer

Aug. 3, 2001

Meeting God in Communion

Aug. 7, 2001

Nouwen on Devotional Reading

Sept. 4, 2001

Harry Potter Musings

Sept. 7, 2001

Vengeance in the Psalms

Sept. 11, 2001

Scriptures for Terrorist Attack

Sept. 14, 2001

Hatred in the Psalms

Sept. 18, 2001

New Life out of Grief

Sept. 21, 2001

A Psalm of Lament

Sept. 25, 2001

Listening for God

Sept. 28, 2001

Gil Bailie letter in response to Sept. 11, 2001

Oct. 2, 2001

Appeal for Terrorist attack response help

Oct. 5, 2001

Richard Foster on simplicity

Oct. 9, 2001

Willimon & Huerwas on community and United We Stand

Oct. 12, 2001

Rolheiser on community

Oct. 16, 2001

Lovin on Church & State

Oct. 19, 2001

Kathleen Norris on the Bible

Oct. 23, 2001

Thomas Berry on need for Lifestyle change

Oct. 26, 2001

Dykstra on Christian Maturity

Oct. 30, 2001

Terry Gross interviews Karen Armstrong on Projection of hatreds

Nov. 2, 2001

Richard Foster on the discipline of Confession

Nov. 6, 2001

Michael Battle on Desire for God (Hindu story)

Nov. 9, 2001

K. Norris on conversion

Nov. 13, 2001

DF Ford’s Little Flowers of St. Therese

Nov. 16, 2001

Mahalia Jackson’s Flowers & Feathers

Nov. 20, 2001

Nov. 23, 2001

Coburn’s key to Thanksgiving

Nov. 27, 2001

Coburn on Thanksgiving and evil

Nov. 30, 2001

Ferncliff Camp – God uses evil for good

Dec. 4, 2001

Ford on definition of hospitality

Dec. 7, 2001

Pineda on hospitality in Las Posadas.

Dec. 11, 2001

Rolheiser on Pondering with Mary

Dec. 14, 2001

Celtic Hospitality rune

Dec. 18, 2001

Conrad’s Christmas by Reba McIntyre

Dec. 21, 2001

ML King from Birmingham Jail

Dec. 24, 2001

Photo of WPC Nativity window in chapel

Dec. 28, 2001

Henry Van Dyke, “Keeping Christmas”

2002

Jan. 1, 2002

CCent best quotes of 2001

Jan. 4, 2002

Tom Long’s SUV of judgment

Jan. 8, 2002

Cassian on True Prayer

Jan. 11, 2002

Bonhoeffer on Morning & return of light  Tallis Canon used here.

Jan. 15, 2002

Louf, Teach Us to Pray

Jan. 18, 2002

Kierkegaard on Attentive prayer

Jan. 22, 2002

Willimon & Hauerwas on Patience

Jan. 25, 2002

Von Balthasar in Bailie on new thinking & new questions for the Bible.

Jan. 29, 2002

Isaac Bashevis Singer & Stealth Blessings

Feb. 1, 2002

Nitin Sawhney lyrics on technology

Feb. 5, 2002

Sermon Mall WTC attack writings

Feb. 8, 2002

What clothing says about us.  S. Paulsell in C Cent of 1-16 &23-02..

Feb. 12 2002

Oxford prayer for parents

Feb. 15 2002

Swimme on our unique view of the universe.

Feb. 19 2002

Thomas Berry on fascination with the Universe

Feb. 22 2002

Picard quote in Bailie, on Px ends myths.

Feb. 26 2002

11^th Century Latin prayer to the trinity

Mar. 1, 2002

E.F. Schumacher, Theology & Economics

Mar. 5, 2002

Mathews & Prayer & Healing

Mar. 8, 2002

David Tracy on resurgence of spirituality

Mar. 12, 2002

Foster on Spirituality and money

Mar. 15, 2002

Coburn on Spiritual reading

Mar. 19, 2002

Prevallet on control

Mar. 22, 2002

Prevalett on handling control

Mar. 25, 2002

Bailie on the significance of the cross

Mar. 26, 2002

Bailie:  discomfort with biblical violence

Mar. 27, 2002

Bailie:  cross turns darkness to light

Mar. 28, 2002

Bailie:  the miracles of Jesus’ feeding

Mar. 29, 2002

Bailie:  executions & ritual sacrifice

Mar. 30, 2002

Bailie:  scapegoating violence

Mar. 31, 2002

Bailie:  significance of the cross

Apr. 5, 2002

Merton on the Psalms

Apr 9, 2002

MacFague on Intimate Creation

Apr 12, 2002

Peterson on Hearing, not reading, the Bible

Apr 16, 2002

Willimon & Hauerwas on “Our Father”

Apr. 19, 2002

Bailie/Girard & refusal to look at Jesus.

Apr. 23, 2002

Ralph Reed in LA Times, my response

Apr. 26, 2002

Nouwen on control.

Apr. 30, 2002

Bible use quotes from Peterson Working the Angles

May 3, 2002

Jimmy Carter on the Mideast

May 7, 2002

May 10, 2002

Rolheiser on Sex

May 14, 2002

Rolheiser on Sex

May 17, 2002

Rolheiser on Sex

May 28, 2002

Benedict’s Rule, from Weavings

May 31, 2002

Marva Dawn on “Grace & Peace”

June 4, 2002

Rolheiser on pornography

June 7, 2002

Hugh Thompson’s simple story

June 11, 2002

Brueggemann on Biblical interpretation

June 14, 2002

Peterson’s fart in the spirituality salon

June 18, 2002

Mogabgab’s Sklerodardia

June 21, 2002

Bonhoeffer on God’s interruptions

June 25, 2002

Matthew Fox on Eco Crisis

June 28, 2002

Daloz Parks on Household Economics

July 2, 2002

More Daloz Parks on Household Economics

July 5, 2002

Verity Jones, patriotism & Independence Day

July 9, 2002

Howard Rice on Sentimentality & Spirituality

July 12, 2002

Beatles’ “Yesterday” and “Great Is Thy Faithfulness”

July 16, 2002

Psalm 67 paraphrase from Shel

July 19, 2002

Grace & Peace from Craig Barnes

July 23, 2002

Eugene Peterson on Spiritual Direction

July 26, 2002

Kelsey on Dreams

Aug. 2, 2002

John Sanford on Dreams

Aug. 6, 2002

Leckey on Stealth Blessings

September 3, 2002

Leckey:  Tolkein Poem sung with Jesus

September 6, 2002

Gil Bailie repeat for 9-11 remembrance

September 10, 2002

Lovin repeat on role of gov’t 9-11 rememb.

Sept. 13, 2002

Gil Bailie repeat for 9-11 remembrance, used at Whit City Hall

Sept. 17, 2002

Huggins on Grace & peace

Sept. 20, 2002

Jacobson on chora & topos

Sept. 24, 2002

John Donne on God’s presence

Oct. 8, 2002

Personal reflection on Utah Trip

Oct. 11, 2002

Vonnegut on the subversiveness of the New Testament

Oct. 15, 2002

Bonhoeffer on Telling the Truth

Oct. 18, 2002

Bonhoeffer on Telling the Truth, #2

Oct. 22, 2002

The feminine in the Godhead

Oct. 25, 2002

Bike riding analogy

Oct. 29, 2002

Swimme and Ps 139

Nov 1, 2002

Bawer on Language about God

Nov. 5, 2002

BCP Prayer for elections

Nov. 8, 2002

Rilke on trusting the process

Nov. 12, 2002

Norris on Worship

Nov. 15, 2002

Beth Orton & Language about God

Nov. 19, 2002

Dossey on Healing & relig practice

Nov. 22, 2002

Feiler on Interfaith peace

Nov. 26, 2002

Popular Mechanics Face of Jesus

Nov. 29, 2002

The Limits of Spiritual disciplines

Dec. 3, 2002

What Would Jesus Drive?

Dec. 6, 2002

Bob Marley’s Redemption Song

Dec. 10, 2002

Weems poem on Incarnation

Dec. 13, 2002

Raymond Brown on gospel in infancy narratives

Dec. 17, 2002

Rev. Harry Daniel on the task of Advent

Dec. 20, 2002

Buechner on Advent

Dec. 24, 2002

J.Barrie Shepherd on Pxmas eve candles

Dec. 27, 2002

From Bunge’s Childhood book

Dec. 31, 2002

Dallas Willard on What Would Jesus Do

2003

Jan. 3, 2003

Henderson @about.religion.com on environment.

Jan. 7, 2003

JS Bach Lyrics from Cantata BWV 153

Jan. 10, 2003

Kathleen Norris on the best spiritual writing

Jan. 14, 2003

Willard on stewardship of the environment

Jan. 17, 2003

Howard Rice, the need for piety and activism

Jan. 21, 2003

Pico Iyer on the Spirituality of Travel

Jan. 24, 2003

George Herbert “Love Bade Me Welcome”

Jan. 28, 2003

George Herbert “The Call”

Jan. 31, 2003

Balzar (LA Times) on Power of words

Feb. 4, 2003

“Love, the Guest” cyberspace poem

Feb. 7, 2003

Mr. Rogers lifetime award

Feb. 11, 2003

Frances de Sales on gradual healing and purification.

Feb. 14, 2003

Henri Nouwen on being the Beloved

Feb. 18, 2003

Brueggemann on the psalms of vengeance

Feb. 21, 2003

Eugene Peterson on politics and the gospel.

Mar. 4, 2003

In memory of Mr. Rogers

Mar. 7, 2003

What would Luther say about war in Iraq

Mar. 11, 2003

Christian Century “Marks” (humorous)

Mar. 14, 2003

Gracie Allen, "plugged in to God."

Mar. 18, 2003

Karabell on the "Left Behind" books

Mar. 21, 2003

Robert Muller on positive signs in the world.

Mar. 25, 2003

Jeremy Taylor on prayer life.

Mar. 28, 2003

Rolheiser on being a mystic.

April 1, 2003

Merton on How to Pray

April 4, 2003

Diversity in American Life

April 8, 2003

Mr. Rogers tribute

April 11, 2003

Christopher Moore, Biff on Gabriel & angel prattle

April 14, 2003

Gordon Peerman on the Cross

April 15, 2003

John Mogabgab on the Cross

April 16, 2003

Kingsbury on the Cross in Mark

April 17, 2003

Willimon on Maundy Thursday

April 18, 2003

Moltmann on the Cross

April 22, 2003

William Law on Suffering of Christ

April 25, 2003

Chittister on Hope and Struggle

April 29, 2003

Richard Foster on the discipline of Study

May 2, 2003

Caleb Colton on Study

May 6, 2003

David Ford on the New Testament

May 9, 2003

St. Frances de Sales on Mothers

May 13, 2003

Rev. Andrew Warner “Hooked on War”

May 16, 2003

Charles Ives “Essays before a sonata”

May 20, 2003

Brueggemann on flesh & spirit

May 23, 2003

Colwell Poem

May 27, 2003

Tuoti on Mysticism

May 30, 2003

Rowan Williams & response to 9-11-01

June 3, 2003

Rowan Williams response to Sept. 11, 2001

June 6, 2003

Howard Rice on maintaining faith

June 17, 2003

Rowan Williams on freedom of choice

June 20, 2003

Kingsolver on attitudes toward children

June 24, 2003

Chittitser on darkness

June 27, 2003

Chittitser on faith

July 1, 2003

Hildegard on Bodily faith

July 8, 2003

Martin Luther King on community

July 11, 2003

Jesus and Spirituality

July 15, 2003

Brother Lawrence on Faith

July 18, 2003

Merton Thoughts on solitude

July 22, 2003

William Arkin on nuclear war

July 25, 2003

Masefield poem on music

July 29, 2003

Chittister at Presbyterian Women gathering

Aug. 1, 2003

Schneiders in Interp on Spirituality

Aug. 5, 2003

Urban Holmes on perfection is desire for God

Aug. 8, 2003

Calvin & Alzheimer’s

Aug. 12, 2003

Economic justice in Garstang, England

Aug. 15, 2003

Dorothy Bass on Sabbath

Sept. 9, 2003

Sabbath refl from Bass, Practicing the Faith

Sept. 12, 2003

9-11 reflection by Rev. Lillian Daniel

Sept. 16, 2003

Borgmann on technology

Sept. 19, 2003

Annie Lamott on forcing kids to church

Sept. 23, 2003

Chittister on change

Sept. 26, 2003

Bondi on different ways to pray

Sept. 30, 2003

Cassian (From Bondi) on different ways to pray.

Oct. 3, 2003

Dallas Willard’s definition of spiritual life.

Oct. 7, 2003

Willimon & Hauerwas on “In Heaven”

Oct. 10, 2003

Eugene Peterson on Listening In Christ

Oct. 14, 2003

St. Francis’ Canticle of the Sun

Oct. 17, 2003

Thomas Berry & relationship with the World/created order.

Oct. 31, 2003

Internet one-liners

Nov. 4, 2003

Towner/Buber on Vocation

Nov. 7, 2003

Frederick Buechner on Vocation

Nov. 11, 2003

Winifred Gallagher quoting Huston Smith

Nov. 14, 2003

Beth Orton & mystical experience

Nov. 18, 2003

Biblical Bad Example

Nov. 21, 2003

Bangley on St. Frances de Sales

Nov. 25, 2003

D. F. Ford on Thanksgiving

Nov. 28, 2003

J. Barrie Shepherd poem Thanksgiving

Dec. 2, 2003

Deeply Waiting, misheard hymn

Dec. 5, 2003

Isaiah 40 from Handel’s Messiah

Dec. 9, 2003

Buchannan CCent on Advent

Dec. 12, 2003

Isaiah 60:1-3 from Handel’s Messiah

Dec. 16, 2003

Begbie on waiting, in music

Dec. 19, 2003

Isaiah 40 & Matthew 11 from Handel’s Messiah

Dec. 23, 2003

Nadal de Luintra from Putumayo CD

Dec. 26, 2003

Williametta on Christmas music

Dec. 30, 2003

O Cometido from Putumayo CD

2004

Jan. 2, 2004

JS Bach New Years Day Cantata

Jan. 6, 2004

JS Bach Epiphany Cantata

Jan. 9, 2004

Francis de Sales on Devotion

Jan.13, 2004

Robert Graves on Robert Frost

Jan. 16, 2004

Shippey on Tolkein

Jan. 20, 2004

Dean of Grace Cathedral prayer for singers

Jan. 23, 2004

Parker Palmer on Vocation

Jan. 27, 2004

William Sloane Coffin on Iraq lost opportunity

Jan. 30, 2004

JS Bach on Simeon’s song & death

Feb. 3, 2004

Soul in Scandinavian Design

Feb. 6, 2004

Francis De Sales on Friendship

Feb. 17, 2004

Philip Newell’s prayer for sleep

Feb. 20, 2004

Lou Harrison’s Superfluous number of bells.

Feb. 24, 2004

Buechner on Lent

Feb. 27, 2004

My reaction to Gibson’s Passion of Px

March 2, 2004

Prayer and the labyrinth

March 5, 2004

Handel’s Messiah on Isaiah 53:3

March 9, 2004