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by Lori Wilson An original reflection on Scripture's most persistent message. Years ago, I came across a letter written by a pastor named Barry Adams. He had woven together a collection of scripture verses into a letter written in God's voice, and when I first read it, I thought, God wrote me a letter. It moved something deep in me and it still does. I have shared it in retreats and on this website ever since. What follows is my own reflection on that same inexhaustible truth, drawn from...

by Lori Wilson A reflection on loneliness, longing, and the God who finds us there My best friend in high school was a girl named Sue. She was a year older than me, and during her senior year, she had to have open-heart surgery. It was serious. She had to go all the way to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, and when she left, I felt it immediately. I was really worried I would lose her. And then she didn't come back to school that year. She had tutors. She graduated remotely. And I had a lonely...

by Lori Wilson A reflection on holy anger and what we may have gotten wrong about Jesus I had a spiritual director for a long time who knew me well, maybe better than I knew myself. She was the kind of person who asked questions that felt simple but weren't. One of the things she noticed about me, early on, was that I never got angry. Ever. No matter what was happening in my life–and some hard things were happening–I would get sad. I would get disappointed. I would cry. But I never, ever got...