Prayer
The Benefits of Meditation
Like the number forty, meditation is found in all the major religious traditions—not, however, as a symbolic idea but as a practice. So what is meditation and what are the benefits?
What Is Holiness Really About?
The word holiness can have a discouraging effect on people. Some immediately dismiss it, perhaps a bit sadly, since they believe that whatever it is, holiness is way beyond their reach.
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A Look at the Peace Prayer of St. Francis
The Peace Prayer of St. Francis is a deep well of spiritual wisdom. We are wise to visit this well often.
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The Power of Home
This fall marks six years since my family and I sold our 27-acre organic farm and the house we had designed and built ourselves—the place my wife and I thought we’d call home our entire lives.
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I Believe in One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church
To understand what we are as Church, the Creed gives us four adjectives: one, holy, catholic, apostolic.
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Virgin Mary, the First Disciple
Pope Paul VI wrote succinctly: “The Virgin Mary is held up as an example to the faithful for the way in which in her own particular life she fully and responsibly accepted the word of God and did it….She is ...
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Surprised by Grace
I rise before the sun this morning to the smell of coffee in the kitchen. Another day in Eden awaits.
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