Spiritual Umbrellas

Here is an excerpt from the latest post from my faith blog:

During times of rain it is so easy to get our spiritual umbrellas out and 'protect' ourselves from the full effect of the rain. Often we will use the umbrellas of withdrawal.. of manipulation.. and of passivity to protect ourselves from the effects of the rain.

Check the rest of this post here. While there check out my thoughts on The Beatitudes.