Pause+Pray

Reflect The modern world seems confused about righteousness (doing the right thing) and self-righteousness (the certainty that our own ideas and beliefs are superior to others). The result of this confusion is condemnation, judgment, animosity, and even hatred. But Jesus ...

Reflect Most of us, especially as we get older, deal with aches and pains. Some of us may even suffer constant, chronic physical pain. Pain can sap our strength and distract us from other goods in our lives. But accepting our pain can ...

Reflect When the Buddhist monks walked 2,300 miles across the U.S. spreading a message of peace, and inspired so many to go within, I kept returning to Jesus’ words, “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you” (Jn ...

Reflect So much of our life is spent waiting. Sometimes the wait is mere inconvenience, like waiting in line or on hold. Sometime the wait feels existential, like waiting for the biopsy report or for our wayward child to find her path. What ...

Reflect How often do we spend time thinking about what is wrong with our lives and wishing things were different?  How much emotional and mental energy do we waste trying to change things that either aren’t changeable or aren’t even ...

Reflect So many times, a small cluster of words in the Psalms sparkles just right. Consider the rays of these lines from Psalm 17: “Let me see your face; when I awake, let me be filled with your presence” (15). ...