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I hope you took some time to read over the prayer I left with you last week. I would like to start these several days of posts with two questions. First, which pair(s) in the prayer stand out to you … Continue reading
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These wise words dropped into my inbox a few days ago and they struck me as indispensable counsel for our approach to all spiritual practices, “As long as you notice, and have to count, the steps, you are not yet dancing but only … Continue reading
This past Sunday my wife shared with me a thought she found on the http://www.d365.org/todaysdevotion/ website and I would like to share it with you this morning, It’s not what someone does for us that matters most; it’s the very … Continue reading
This paragraph from Evelyn Underhill recently was delivered into my email inbox, “There is no need for peculiar conditions in order to grow in the spiritual life, for the pressure of God’s Spirit is present everywhere and at all times. Our environment … Continue reading
Recently I came across these words from Henri J. M. Nouwen, “When I reflect on my own life, I realize that the moments of greatest comfort and consolation were moments when someone said, ‘I cannot take your pain away, I … Continue reading
I have been turning over in the mind what I wanted to share this week and going back and forth between a couple of things, until I opened my email Tuesday morning and saw the following quote – “It is surely an … Continue reading
It wasn’t too many years ago I heard the expression “thin places” for the first time and knew I was “suppose to “ know what it meant and appreciate its importance. Unfortunately, I neither knew what it meant nor did … Continue reading
Years and years ago in school I remember the teacher calling roll and us answering the teacher when our name was called, “Present.” I had not thought of that for years until I was thinking about the “practice” of Presence … Continue reading