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This past week as I took time several days to write out a praise list in a small notepad I almost always have in my pocket, I realized one practice many regard as helpful I have failed to mention yet, … Continue reading
Category Archives: Intention on the Spiritual Journey
During this past week did you make time for the appreciating practice outline last week? I did not make time every day but on two days I did. One of those mornings it was not long after I woke up … Continue reading
This past week I had occasion to turn to Living in the Presence: Spiritual Exercises to Open Our Lives to the Awareness of God by Tilden Edwards. One chapter is entitled, “Appreciating.” He speaks of appreciation as “a natural gift … … Continue reading
During our past weeks on this list l have listed a number of spiritual practices, given a brief definition/description of those and for some gone into more detail. I want in the next weeks to look more deeply into practice … Continue reading
Before we leave the practice of silence for a while, I wanted to share one last quote attributed to A. W. Tozer, “Only after all the noise has spent itself do we begin to hear in the silence of our … Continue reading
We so often speak of spiritual disciplines singularly that we can easily forget in practice they naturally flow one to another. In the small volume of devotions, Challenge by Mark Link, S.J., he offers the following pattern for those going through … Continue reading
How did it go? Did you spend some time opening the door to silence? Or, if you are already spending time with silence each day, did you notice other places and times silence opens to you? Many people who decide … Continue reading
How did you “silence inventory” go? What did you find out about silence in your days? Does it appear anyplace? Do you seek it? Do you avoid it? If you haven’t taken some time to consider if silence is part … Continue reading
Think about your day, your week, and look though the days for where you have silence. Do you? Are there periods of silence in your day(s)? If you find silence in your day(s), does it come by accident, by happenstance, … Continue reading
“In a noise-polluted world, it is even difficult to hear ourselves think let alone try to be still and know God. Yet it seems essential for our spiritual life to seek some silence, no matter how busy we may be. … Continue reading