Centering Way

The latest from Tending the Soul.

"The story of Jesus, read as the story of God and the world, moves ever toward intimacy in the tumultuous way that love stories do."

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Tending the Soul: Touch Me I take the story of “God and the world” to be a love story. I’m very aware that this way of reading God and the world entails a particular act of faith and trust. There are other ways of reading. Some other readings might even make more sense to logic and observation - so I’m not inclined to

The latest from Tending the Soul.

"It is impossible to numb selectively. If we numb ourselves to the sorrows of life, we will also numb ourselves to the joy."

Click below to read Ben's full reflection.

Tending the Soul: Incarnation It was a cold morning. A few passersby glanced at us, some confused, others clearly offering compassion and sympathy. We were gathered in the driveway of my neighbors, where they had lost their son to an unexplainable act of violence only a week earlier. It happened on Halloween. He was han