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.

Praying hands are begging hands

by Dani Clark

Mar 19, 2019

Soul Seeing: Yes, praying hands are begging hands, they are conciliatory. And they are nonviolent because they prove your inability to fight back. They prove your vulnerability. I find that beautiful — and useful.

I saw Christ on the southern border

by Bishop Gerald Kicanas

Mar 5, 2019

Soul Seeing: So many along the border mirror the actions of Christ, imitate his tender compassion, live out his call to serve, practice his self-sacrificing love.

At 69, I still find grace and God on the basketball court

by Patrick T. Reardon

Feb 19, 2019

Soul Seeing: Playing basketball at 69 is not easy on one's pride. Yet, two or three times a week, I'm out on the court with one set of friends or another, sweating, straining and exerting myself. Why? I think it has to do with that "grace and clumsy harmony."

A simple story of a life well-lived

by Mary Elizabeth Burns

Feb 5, 2019

Soul Seeing: Throughout his relatively short life, a constant flow of energy helped my nephew through situations that would have discouraged others.

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Praying hands are begging hands

I saw Christ on the southern border

At 69, I still find grace and God on the basketball court

A simple story of a life well-lived

Gospel's poor widow is homeless in Vermont

Love leads to suffering, but we take the risk to love because we must

At Christmas, it's not the money that counts

Under a 2-foot-tall tree, I played out the drama of Jesus' coming

Jesus loved imperfect people

My pilgrimage to 365 churches on five continents in 365 days

Breaking up is hard to do

My immediate reaction was to back down

There's a baby in this bath water, and we must save her

God is the ocean in which we all swim

Bishop Morrie resigns from diocese amid tears

This is why it's divine

Ambition becomes quiet passion for life

Blessed are you achievers, blessed are you duds

Lord, why am I not worthy?

Jew, Christian, Muslim: 'See the Beloved everywhere'

God is love, and God's face was looking at me for two years

Grace, human nature and my three homes

'Please ... forgive us': the story of my return to the church

Care for those in need, don't worry about 'credit'

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