Category Archives: Julian Cell Blog

Bend to Benevolence You are not here to verofy, Instruct yourself, or inform curiosity Or carry report. You are here to kneel. T.S.Eliot Embracing benevolence means leaning into life with unrestrained loving-kindness. For it is good will that leads to … Continue reading →

To have a happy life, cultivate a peaceful heart and mind in the present moment.  This moment — the one we are experiencing right now — is the only life we can live.  Life is a big Moment! Look for … Continue reading →

A Christmas Story by Al Martinez  It happened one Christmas Eve a long time ago in a place called Oakland on a newspaper called the Tribune with a city editor named Alfred P. Beck.  I was working swing shift on … Continue reading →

Two thoughts on what to offer God during Lent: When lent comes around we have a hard time thinking up something ascetical to do, some sacrifice to make.  Why not just decide to focus on whatever job or tasks we … Continue reading →

Return to me with all your heart, With fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; Rend your hearts and not your garments. Return to the Lord, your God, For he is gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, and abounding in Steadfast … Continue reading →

I slept and I dreamed that life is all joy. I woke and I saw life is all service. I served and I saw that service is joy. Kahlil Gibran

Psalm 15 Lord, who can be trusted with power, and who may act in your place? Those wirth a passion for justice, who speak the truth from their hearts; who have ley go of selfish interests and grown beyond their … Continue reading →

Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense regardless of how it turns out. Vaclav Havel Make me sweet again, fragrant and fresh and wild, and thankful for any small … Continue reading →

Amazing Peace- A Christmas Poem by Maya Angelou We clap hands and welcome the Peace of Christmas. We beckon this good season to wait a while with us. We, Baptist and Buddhist, Methodist and Muslim, say come. Peace. Come and … Continue reading →