A “charism” is a spiritual gift given to share with others for their benefit. Clarence has been given with the charisms of spiritual direction, writing poetry and painting. Over the past nine years, he has shared these gifts through his book Everyday Sacred and his month email Connecting New. During this time many of you have affirmed that sharing these gifts has been uplifting, inspiring, thought-provoking or helpful to you in other ways. You have shared Connecting New emails with your friends. You have used poems from Everyday Sacred at retreats, weddings, funerals and many occasions in between. Now is the time for Clarence to share more through a daily piece of goodness.
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March 22 - Your love is like gravity, drawing me to you, relentlessly, powerfully, gently, faithfully.
March 22, 2025 - The Student It took only a few days for him to become restless. There was still roast beef left over from the great party. And after the days and weeks wore on, his ability to engage in the affairs of the family business waned, later and later getting into the fields, later and later staying […]
April 3, 2025 - Heretic With heavy, silent tears he watched as the crowds rejected his precious gift, avoidance disguised in the form of praise and worship, misunderstanding shame and self-deprecation as humility rather than denial. Peter and Paul also raised friends from the dead. The woman with the hemorrhage was saved by her faith not the energy that […]
March 21, 2025 - Convergence If there is a place where kindness and criticism meet, surely it must be a place of love. We know Jesus criticized often, but was it only when provoked or did he initiate? Was Martin Luther King, Jr. kind when he shone a mirror on bigotry, hatred, and pervasive injustice? Can you recall an […]