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A Lenten Thirst
On this 3rd Sunday of Lent, we read about Moses angrily striking a rock in Horeb when the Israelites had thirst and of the woman of Samaria who asked Jesus for living water. So this week our Lenten reflections are about thirst. Love shortens… Continue Reading “A Lenten Thirst”
Weekly Photo Challenge: Inside
On the outside, our lives may look great. But what is it that is going on inside? Is there unforgiveness that is brewing? Remember this: our unforgiveness doesn’t hurt the one we won’t forgive – especially in those situations when it is a person… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: Inside”
Fasting from Lethargy
How about if this day in Lent we fast from lethargy. Focus on what gives you enthusiasm for life.
Fasting from Discouragement
On this First Sunday in Lent, let’s fast from discouragement, and trust that the good that we do matters.
Look Around You!
Look around you!Our eyes are keyholes opening to a world of wonder. – Edward Hays in Pray All Ways
Lessons from the Sea
I thought of the lessons [the sea] had taught us as children. A certain amount of patience (you can’t hurry the tides). A great deal of respect (the sea does not suffer fools gladly). An awareness of the vast and mysterious interdependence of things… Continue Reading “Lessons from the Sea”
A Prayer of Gratitude
O Great Spirit, I awake to another sun, grateful for gifts bestowed, granted one by one. – Twylah Nitsch, Seneca Medicine Woman
Thoughts on the Sea – 3
Anxious? Go to the sea “When anxious, uneasy and bad thoughts come, I go to the sea, and the sea drowns them out with its great wide sounds, cleanses me with its noise, and imposes a rhythm upon everything in me that is bewildered… Continue Reading “Thoughts on the Sea – 3”
Thoughts on the Sea – 1
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty. – Mahatma Gandhi
Wisdom from St. John of the Cross
That thou mayest have pleasure in everything, seek pleasure in nothing. That thou mayest know everything, seek to know nothing. That thou mayes possess all things, seek to possess nothing. That thou mayest be everything, seek to be nothing. -St. John of the Cross,… Continue Reading “Wisdom from St. John of the Cross”
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