Split Wood, Lift Stone: Finding the Sacred in Ordinary Life
You can’t make it to the meditation retreat. You don’t have time for the spiritual workshop. Your days are filled with work, with chores, with the endless repetition of ordinary life. Where is the sacred in all of this? The Gospel of Thomas records one of Jesus’s most expansive answers: “I am the light that is over all things. I am all: all came forth from me, and all attained to me. Split a piece of wood, and I am there. Lift up the stone, and you will find me there.” ...