SERMONS & REFLECTIONS | CDL Monastery

THE JOURNEY TO JOY

Twenty years ago when I was interviewing with The Reverend Michael Cunningham to become part of his EFM group at the Cathedral Center in...

A WORD IN LENT: Wilderness

And the Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the...

TO LAMENT

For the past 16 years I have been walking with the incarcerated community. I currently facilitate listening circles in the California...

FROM WHERE IS OUR HOPE TO COME

Today, most all mainline Christian churches will hear the story of Jesus’ baptism in the Jordan River. One thing I like about the story...

THE ADVENT PARADOX

How are we? It is not an easy question these days, is it? My community brother Dennis may answer the question one way because he just...

ADVENT LISTENING

I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; my soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning, more...

REIMAGINE JUSTICE

We don't have to look far to see how Jesus would have us live as Christians. He says that we will find him among the hungry and thirsty,...

PARABLE OF THE TALENTS

Matthew 25:14-30 Today’s Gospel lesson has Jesus telling us a parable about a man that goes on a trip and leaves the care of his property...