Author: Peter Woods
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A Note of Thanks and an Invitation Forward
Dear friends and long-standing readers, Many of you first encountered my work through its appearance on TextWeek.com, where sermons, reflections, and lectionary-related writing often travel further than their authors ever expect. I remain deeply grateful to Jenee Woodard of TextWeek for that improbable path of discovery, and for the fact that so many of you…
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Life long learning
“The best thing for being sad,” replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, “is to learn something. That’s the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see…
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John 6:56-69 Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them. Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever eats me will live because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which your…
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Relationship Addiction
In his book, How to Break Your Addiction to a Person, Howard Halpern first explains what an addictive relationship is, then gives guidelines for recognising if you’re involved in one. Then, he offers several techniques on how to end an unhealthy relationship (or an emotional affair). Therese J. Borchard writing in the World of Psychology…
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Remembering to make peace
Memory is a precious gift that allows us to remember and resurrect the good while selectively forgetting the wrong. A common human habit observed is to remember the deceased warmly, even if they were not perfect. This tendency speaks to two important facets: one, truly bad individuals are rare, and two, people remembered as saints…
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What if there’s only one, indivisible, one?
Have you ever considered that there may only be One? One reality, one thing, one singularity? Could there simply be one and not two?Could we all be connected as components of that One? Many saints and sages have touched this non-dual reality.There is a diagnostic tool I use to assess my well being. When I…
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Listening is Art and Skill
The way we listen in conversations says a lot about who we are. I’ve compiled an informal list of the ways we listen that may help you identify some of your own. Truth be told I catch myself listening in each of these ways at different times. Some listen to answer. Ever noticed In the…
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Adding LIFE to living
Religion is not doing well. Certainly not the old ones. All the major world religions with the exception of Islam are reporting declining membership and thinning attendance at observances of those time honoured rituals that once gave entire world regions their identity. It is even difficult to get the kids to travel home to the…
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Enduring through horror requires clear meaning
I doubt there is a person alive who does not want happiness, fulfilment, and a deep sense of meaning for their lives. To be human is to desire a life with purpose. Sadly we look in the wrong places. We imagine a meaningful life is devoid of suffering. That is a big mistake.Victor Frankl (1905-1997)…
The Listening Hermit 