Posts by Colette Lafia
The Grace and Practice of Surrender: Living Surrender #1
I am starting a new Wednesday Wisdom series called “Living Surrender.” I hope many of you are reading my new book Seeking Surrender, and as we read it together I’d like to write and think about living surrender. When we hear the word surrender, it sounds both exhilarating and terrifying. Even though I have written…
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The Doorway: Life lessons from a Trappist Monk #14
I don’t keep focused on God all day long but I do have several methods to bring me back. I have a personal rule never to cross my legs to remind myself that I am always in the presence of the Almighty. And I always say a certain prayer when I bow in church. Thus…
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Generosity: Life Lessons from a Trappist Monk#13
In this series of blog posts, Life lessons from a Trappist Monk, I share the wisdom of my late friend Brother Rene, who was a monk at the Abbey of Gethsemani for over fifty years. For many years we corresponded by letter, and here I share excerpts from his letters. All God asks and what…
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Turning towards Lightness: Life Lessons from a Trappist Monk #12
In this series of blog posts, Life lessons from a Trappist Monk, I share the wisdom of my late friend Brother Rene, who was a monk at the Abbey of Gethsemani for over fifty years. For many years we corresponded by letter, and here I share excerpts from his letters. God gives us the desire…
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True Desire: Life Lessons From a Trappist Monk #11
God only knows what the deepest meaning of your desire really is. Being Love, God can only answer you with Love to your ultimate joy. Have no fears or doubts. –excerpt from Brother Rene letter, dated April 2004 We are now at the end of Lent, and I know for me it has been a…
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Surrender into Offering Your Gifts
Last week, I went to the Anne Lamott reading at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, which is an extraordinary place, lots of amazing work being done there and such a beautiful building! A highlight of the evening turned out to be when the choir led the crowd of adults in singing “This Little Light…
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