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Homeboy Industries. Faith. Creativity.
A beautiful fluidity. The Power of Boundless Compassion, the subtitle conveys the interactions of a humble and gentle soul G aka Father Greg living among the wild and loving world of gangs …

Slow reading. Picking up that book again.
A revisit. This book has been a slow read and on my night stand for about a year. It’s a mere 65 pages. You’d think a fast read, but for me the depth and intake of this reading has taken time. Reading quickly is certainly possible, yet with this one…

T. Merton, C. Paintner & D. Willard
Solitary Tree on Hillside
“I looked at all this in quiet tranquility, with my soul and spirit quiet. For me landscape seems to be important …

Compassion. Leadership. And Fiction.
Picking up these two books has been renewing, transforming, and a gentle challenge.
Two themes of yearning in my life for growth and greater awareness that I was really struggling with and praying into. Through these readings, I have found clarity, gracefulness, and deepening of trust in my calling and journey in faith.
If you are just curious, or struggling with leading, or burnout…