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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”
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
When We Feel Like Giving Up . . .
There are moments when I feel like giving up or giving in, but I soon rally again and do my duty as I see it: to keep the spark of life inside me ablaze. – Etty Hillesum, An Interrupted Life
Weekly Photo Challenge: Love
We will hear the thoughts below later this week when 1 Corinthians 13 is quoted. Today we hear from Reinhold Niebuhr. Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime; therefore, we must be saved by hope. Nothing true or beautiful makes complete sense in… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: Love”
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