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How to Find Peace

According to Brother David Steindl-Rast, We are never more than one grateful thought away from peace of heart.  

Weekly Photo Challenge: Thankful

    You simply will not be the same person two months from now after consciously giving thanks each day for the abundance that exists in your life. And you will have set in motion an ancient spiritual law: the more you have and… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: Thankful”

Grace and Gratitude

– Karl Barth

Happy Thanksgiving

We don’t need a lot of words when we talk with God. As Meister Eckhart, the Dominican mystic said, If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough

Gratitude and Divine Sparks

When we say “Grace” before we eat our Thanksgiving feast tomorrow, let us remember the words of Rabbi Herschel: By saying grace, we release the Divine sparks in our food.

Gratitude Opens Us – Part 2

Many years ago I read the book Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer, by David Steindl-Rast, and loved it. The wisdom found there can be appreciated again and again. As we approach our national feast Thanksgiving, let us ask the Spirit to open our hearts to gratitude… Continue Reading “Gratitude Opens Us – Part 2”

Gratitude Opens Us

Appreciation is the vessel for future blessings. – Michael Berg

Weekly Photo Challenge: Green

New life and the color green – both remind me of hope. As I look out on evergreen trees from my window, I am reminded that the promise of life is all around me as the leaves of the not-so-evergreen trees fall to the… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: Green”

Sharing Hope

People gain so much hope when they know they are not experiencing something alone. – Joyce Rupp

May We All Become Lovers

May those whose hell it is to hate and hurt be turned into lovers bringing flowers. Shantideva, 8th century