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Weekly Photo Challenge: Lost in the Details

I am convinced that balance is one of the most needed qualities in life. Balance lives somewhere between “Lost in the Details” and “The Devil is In the Details.” 

Weekly Photo Challenge: Forward

There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.  – C. S. Lewis

Photo Challenge: Home

Take more time, cover less ground. – Thomas Merton Dancing in the Waters of Life

What Else Is There?

Lâ ilâha illâ Allâh. (There is nothing other than the One.) -Qur’ân 37:35 and 47:19

Pray Your Distractions

The crowded bus, the long queue, the railway platform, the traffic jam, the neighbor’s television sets, the heavy-footed people on the floor above you, the person who still keeps getting the wrong number on your phone. These are the real conditions of your desert.… Continue Reading “Pray Your Distractions”

Remember All that God Has Done

To find the kingdom is the easiest thing in the world but also the most difficult. Easy because it is all around you and within you, and all you have to do is reach out and take possession of it. Difficult because if you… Continue Reading “Remember All that God Has Done”

What is Prayer?

Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness. – Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel

Our Extravagant Creator

The extravagant gesture is the very stuff of creation. – Annie Dillard Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

Let Us Handle One Another Delicately

Delicate Iris The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. -Henry David Thoreau That being said, we should be delicate with one another. Walden

More on Being a Blessing

The more alert we become to the blessing that flows into us through everything we touch, the more our own touch will bring blessing. – David Steindl-Rast