Web Originals

A few years ago I had an assignment that required I speak in front of others very frequently.

Thoughts on spiritual writing

As Sentinel online readers give thought to their summertime book picks, they might find themselves reaching out for a backpack-size paperback, The Best Spiritual Writing 2010 .

Meeting my real employer

One of my favorite synonyms for God is Mind.
Balance: economies, dancers, and diets all aspire to it.

Continuing prayer for Japan

On March 11, on television, I watched the news of disaster in Tohoku, Japan.
I was 4,000 miles from home when my mom died.
Mary Baker Eddy, author of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures , understood and felt a mother’s enduring love.
As I was walking down a Boston street about two years ago, the big dome of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, came into view, and the thought suddenly occurred to me, “I’ve been healed of grief.

From cocoon to butterfly

Many years had passed since I had really spent time with my now well-grown daughter.

Excerpts from "If I Were Your Daddy, This Is What You'd Learn" by Julia Espey

Julia Espey, author

Called forth

What we are unfolds as a flower,petal by petal,called forth by the Spirit,warm beams drawing forthhidden color—tenderly, unstoppably,moment by moment.
As I read the world news today about the ongoing danger of radioactivity in Japan and continuing uprisings and conflicts in Libya and the Middle East, I am reminded in my prayers that we cannot be separated for an instant from God, who is all good.