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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
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Let the Beauty We Love Be what We Do
Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are a hundred ways to kneel and kiss the ground. – Rumi
Be At Peace
Be tough in the way a blade of grass is: rooted, willing to lean, and at peace with what is around it. – Natalie Goldberg
God’s Presence Fills Creation
Holy One of Blessing, Your Presence fills creation. – Rabbi Lawrence Kushner
Wisdom from a Dominican Mystic – Meister Eckhart
Whatever God does, the first outburst is always compassion. – Meister Eckhart, Dominican mystic of the 13th century
Seeking God
God guides those who seek [God’s] good pleasure into the ways of peace, bringing them out from the shadows into the light by {God’s] act of will and guiding them into a straight path. The Qur’an
Are We in Tune with the Eternal?
It is an ecological, theological, and biological reality: The more we are in tune with eternal nature, the more we will be able to hear the still small voice withing and have explosions of inspirational insight. – Dr. Rober Schuller
Weekly Photo Challenge: Carefree
How many of you remember that wonderful song by Gordon Lightfoot, “Carefree Highway?” Carefree highway, let me slip away on you. Carefree highway, you seen better days. The mornin’ after blues from my head down to my shoes – Carefree highway, let me slip… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: Carefree”
How True Is This?
I came across this quote and wondered, “How true is this for me? Do I want it to be true for me? What am I willing to do to make it not be so?” I would like to buy $3 worth of God, please,… Continue Reading “How True Is This?”
Nature’s Equilibrium
Nature is evenly balanced. We cannot disturb her equilibrium, for we know that the law of Cause and Effect is the unerring and inexorable law of nature; but we do fail to find our own equilibrium as nations and as individuals, because we have… Continue Reading “Nature’s Equilibrium”
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