by pbsartist | Jan 9, 2022 | OPENstudio
Perhaps I am stronger than I think. Perhaps I am afraid of my own strength and turn it against myself to make myself weak. Perhaps I am most afraid of the strength of God in me.Thomas Merton I struggle with this. Who am I to think I have something to give the world?...
by pbsartist | Jan 8, 2022 | OPENstudio
Vocation at its deepest level is, ‘This is something I can’t not do, for reasons I’m unable to explain to anyone else and don’t fully understand myself but that are nonetheless compelling.’Parker Palmer I woke with a start at 4am....
by pbsartist | Jan 7, 2022 | OPENstudio
It is hard and confusing to be uprooted from peace each time you barely get into it. Or rather not to be able to sink completely into unity and simplicity. There is peace too in community, but it has a different, more active rhythm. Thomas Merton There is no...
by pbsartist | Jan 6, 2022 | OPENstudio
Life itself can be thought of as an alphabet by which God graciously makes known his presence and purpose and power among us. Like the Hebrew alphabet, the alphabet of grace has no vowels, and in that sense his words to us are always veiled, subtle, cryptic, so that...
by pbsartist | Jan 5, 2022 | OPENstudio
Walk ahead of myself in perpetual expectancy of miracles.Anais Nin Yesterday I walked into a new way of being in the world. I did a live talk on YouTube conjoining creativity and numerology. This may not be huge for some of you reading, but it was huge for me. And...
