Minute Meditations

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Prayer Is Relationship

Prayer is being consciously in God’s presence, focusing our eyes on God, on who God is.
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Don't Lose Sight of What Matters

Amid all the disaster and distress that wheels around and swirls within us in chaotic times, there are also always marvels to behold. Let neither fear nor preoccupation keep you from being touched by wonderfully wounded life. May you find ...
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Cultivate a Disciple's Heart

Seekers, pilgrims, disciples; all are wayfarers who find themselves stumbling along the stony path toward integrity.
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Trust the Heartfelt Questions

The scope of every life is indeed defined by the questions we choose to live into, and if we are blessed to live long enough, we will inevitably end up shaped like a question mark. Since quest is also the ...
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Jesus Meant What He Said

Francis took Christ’s teaching seriously. He was too honest to read Scripture selectively and too unsophisticated to spin elaborate no-risk interpretations of it. Instead, he championed the radical notion that Christ meant what he said when he spoke of love ...
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The Baggage We Carry

When we go into the inner desert, we appreciate for the first time just how much unnecessary baggage we carry around. We see and gasp at the incredible artificiality of our old way of life, the flimsiness of our old ...
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'My God and My All!'

Unless one truly believes in God, one is incapable of genuinely celebrating God. An observer once watched as Francis prayed throughout the length of an entire night. To his amazement, Francis spent the whole time simply repeating, over and over, ...
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