Soul Seeing

Michael Leach and friends write about seeing God, the world and ourselves with the eye of the soul. Each column is a spiritual reflection on the beauty that hides behind appearances and the peace that is beyond all understanding.

'If only we could row together, we would get there faster'

by Becky Eldredge

Sep 15, 2020

Soul Seeing: Discernment is about learning to row with the Holy Spirit and matching our strokes in life to the movement of the Holy Spirit's.

What can you give someone locked in a cage?

by Dani Clark

Sep 1, 2020

Soul Seeing: "One must want to begin." How true. That is what counts; maybe that is all that is required. To want to struggle for that freedom, whether it remains elusive or not.

Armchair pilgrimages are meditations during the pandemic

by Peter Gilmour

Aug 18, 2020

Soul Seeing: This time of pandemic has had its challenges for those who find spiritual insight and inspiration traveling, myself included. God's presence extends well beyond the parochial limitations of church buildings.

Why not to worry

by Patrick Jephson

Aug 4, 2020

Soul Seeing: The day after the diagnosis and for almost every day until her death, I got out of bed 15 minutes early and, in the quietest place I could find, prayed for God to cure my mother.

Columns ›

'If only we could row together, we would get there faster'

What can you give someone locked in a cage?

Armchair pilgrimages are meditations during the pandemic

Why not to worry

You could see Elizabeth's soul, despite outward appearance

Books offer wisdom when we need it most

I do not want to die soon

Fragments: Journal of the Plague Year 2020

Wade in the water, wait in Juárez

Coronavirus: When a metaphor is more than a metaphor

Seeking wisdom from masters of social isolation

'Open the windows of your soul'

Having the time of my life

The joy of turtles

Tend to what repulses you

I found God in the pain of my brother's suicide

The gift of staring at your shoes

Christ has no body on earth but yours

The gift of five No. 1 steel knitting needles

Let it snow, let it snow, let me see

The materialism of Santa Claus and the spirituality of Baby Jesus

I believe in love even when I do not feel it

Hope for creation never runs dry

Lazarus at our gate

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