Browsing the April 2017 archive of Deacon Wilson's Wisdom

Come out

Posted by Christine Gabron on 4/06/17

We are all eager to find love, but as a young widow remarked: “Someone should have told me that love plants the seed of grief, and the deeper the love the deeper the grief. Even if we never say it aloud, we come to know that love readies us ... Read More »

True to Self

Posted by Christine Gabron on 4/06/17

          There is a classic and much quoted line from Shakespeare’s Hamlet. “This above all: to thine own self be true.” It was good advice for Hamlet, and it is good advice for all who wish to lead others along life’s spiritual journey. Henri Nouwen, theologian and author, a ... Read More »