Good Friday does not stand alone. It belongs to a deeper flow of love that carries us from the table to the cross and on toward resurrection. In these seven words from the cross, Jesus does not simply speak from suffering; he leaves signposts for the soul, showing us the way home through forgiveness, release, aloneness, discernment, growth, and surrender.
Journeying Home – A journey inward, a journey home – A Reflection for Good Friday
/in Spiritual Reflections/by Michael A. ClarkeGood Friday does not stand alone. It belongs to a deeper flow of love that carries us from the table to the cross and on toward resurrection. In these seven words from the cross, Jesus does not simply speak from suffering; he leaves signposts for the soul, showing us the way home through forgiveness, release, aloneness, discernment, growth, and surrender.
Pitching the Tent: Holy Week and the Journey of the Soul
/in Spiritual Reflections/by Michael A. ClarkeDo not let this Holy Week pass as mere ritual. Enter it. Remember yourself. And ask what it means, here and now, to be about the business of the Divine.
Holy Lent, Holy Ramadan: Finding Peace Within the Noise
/in Spiritual Reflections/by Michael A. ClarkeIn this reflection for Lent and Ramadan, we consider what it means to live in a world marked by war, noise, and uncertainty. The invitation is not to escape the world, but to turn inward, to seek peace within, and to listen more deeply for the work that is ours to do.
Prepared by Being: Releasing What Hinders the Sacred Within
/in Spiritual Reflections/by Michael A. ClarkeBefore anything else, we pause.We breathe.We allow ourselves to come inside. In one of her luminous poems, Hildegard of Bingen turns to nature to speak about what it means to be prepared for God: O green vigour of the hand of God,in which God has planted a vineyard…You are glorious in your preparation for God. […]
Grow, Grow, Grow – A Reflection for the New Year
/in Spiritual Reflections/by Michael A. ClarkeWelcome to the year before you. Are you ready for it? Ready for the journey? Ready to face whatever comes your way? There is something about this threshold moment that carries a strange mixture of emotions. We are not exactly afraid, but there is a quiet foreboding — What is this year going to offer […]
Every Morning Is a Birth
/in Spiritual Reflections/by Michael A. ClarkeEach morning offers us a quiet miracle. There is that moment — half-awake — when the body hesitates. The bed is warm. The night has held us gently, almost like a womb. There is safety there. A reluctance to leave. A subtle struggle to rise, to be alive again. And perhaps that is exactly what […]
Wholes within wholes
/in Spiritual Reflections/by Michael A. ClarkeAs I sit beneath these ancient trees, a prayer rises within me — a prayer for oneness, for wholeness, for the remembrance that I am part of a lineage, a stream that has always been flowing. Life is fractal: wholes within wholes within wholes. Each drop of water contains the ocean. Each breath contains the […]
Bringing Everything Home: The Sacred Work of Reclaiming the Self
/in Spiritual Reflections/by Michael A. ClarkeReclaiming the parts of ourselves that we’ve cut off through the journey of life requires openness and acceptance. Yet this is rarely easy, because we live in a world built on judgment—good versus bad, right versus wrong, worthy versus unworthy. The healing journey invites us beyond that polarity, into a space of gentle allowance where […]
Reclaiming the Flow: Returning to the Whole Self
/in Spiritual Reflections/by Michael A. ClarkeThere are lessons whispered in the language of water. As we follow the journey of a river from its source to the sea, we see our own story reflected in its flow. When the river is young, it bursts forth with power, carving through obstacles and clearing its path with ease. Nothing can stand in […]
🌊 Endless Water, Little Land
/in Spiritual Reflections/by Michael A. ClarkeIntroduction The Caribbean has always been a teacher — of rhythm, resilience, and relationship. We live surrounded by water. Endless water, and so little land. Yet we often live as though we were somewhere else — trying to imitate the solidity of continents, building walls and habits meant for places not our own. But we […]