Prayer and Meditation
God Desires Communion with Us
Is prayer multiple times a day for everyone? I don’t know. Nor do I know whether it is, in fact, even possible for everyone to …
Christ Lives Within
There is nothing wrong with asking for something in prayer, as this names for God the desires of our hearts.
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Prayer Lifts Us Up
Prayer lifts us out of the doldrums of mediocrity and complacency and draws us into the mystery of Christ.
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Defining Prayer Anew
And though you believe you hold no hope, you just bought three pears and are waiting for them to ripen in the bowl.
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Take a Breath
Breathing is the most basic thing we do in life, but it is likely also the thing we overlook the most. Try to inhale God's peace and exhale your anxieties.
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Sinners Make the Best Contemplatives
Jesus said he came for the sick, not the healthy. He dined with sinners, not church leaders. So who’s “special”?
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Darkness and Light
Poet Dorothy Walters offers the advice that I needed: “First let your heart be broken open.” In order to go deeper, the pain had to be met and experienced.
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