Pause+Pray

Reflect As soon as my sister downloaded a birdsong app to my phone, I was hooked on learning which birds were in the trees near my home: northern cardinals, goldfinches, mourning doves, and song sparrows. Now, as I walk around ...

Reflect People often speak of needing a change of scenery, a chance to see the world with fresh eyes. In 1 Kings 13, there is a strange story about a “man of God” who is sent on a mission but ...

Reflect When Karol Wojtyla became Pope John Paul II in 1978, he was an avid skier, hiker, and swimmer. But during his nearly 27-year pontificate, age and health issues caught up with him, as they do with us all. Even ...

Reflect Recently, many young people headed back to school. But even though our school days are behind us, we are really all still learning either intentionally or unintentionally. Every day is an opportunity for us to expand our minds. We ...

Reflect Sometimes on the path we’re walking upon it is easy to become haunted by regret, comparisons, or dreams yet to be attained. The contemplative must rise above lingering either-or judgments of oneself and trust in the non-dualistic path that ...

Reflect The weather can have a direct affect on our mental and emotional well-being. But when we choose to see our connection to the created world, we can be sure that rain or shine, we will encounter the sacred. Pray ...