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Category: Spirituality
More on Listening
Learning to listen with the heart moves us from the role of observers and enables us to become participants with the Creator in a world full of grace and possibility. – Elizabeth Canham, Heart Whispers
Lead a Listening Life
Lead a listening life. Order your outward life so that nothing drowns out the listening. – Thomas R. Kelly, A Testament of Devotion
Plunge into God
Plunge into matter. Plunge into God. By means of all created things, without exception, the divine assails us, penetrates us and molds us. We imagine it as distant and inaccessible, whereas in fact, we live steeped in its burning layers. – Teilhard de… Continue Reading “Plunge into God”
Weekly Photo Challenge: The Sign Says
I took this photo several years ago, and always hoped I would have an opportunity to use it! No quotes, no references, no reflections are necessary. It says it all. And the sign can be found at Spirit Rock, a Buddhist retreat center in… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: The Sign Says”
A Prayer for All Lost Sheep
You have a wild and crazy sheep in love with thorns and brambles. But please don’t get tired of looking for me! I know You won’t. For You have found me. All I have to do is stay found. – Thomas Merton, A Book… Continue Reading “A Prayer for All Lost Sheep”
What is Prayer?
Prayer is not doing, but being. It is not words but the beyond-words experience of coming into the presence of something much greater than oneself. It is an invitation to recognize holiness, and to utter simple words–“Holy, Holy, Holy”–in response. Attentiveness is all; I… Continue Reading “What is Prayer?”
How Can We Be Peace in the World?
I so admire the work of Etty Hillesum – the depth of her spirituality in the face of the Nazi death camps was extraordinary. On this day, Memorial Day, that we celebrate the women and men who have fought to protect us, we pray… Continue Reading “How Can We Be Peace in the World?”
Gratefulness for the Source of Love
To be grateful is to recognize the love of God in everything [God]has given us…and [God] has given us everything. Every breath we draw is a gift of [God’s] love, every moment of existence is a grace, for it brings with it immense graces from… Continue Reading “Gratefulness for the Source of Love”
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