“Hope has to come up out of you … To find something worth hoping for is a very good place to start. There are things worth hoping for, there are good people, this is still a very beautiful world.” ~Wendell Berry ~~~ “Long ago,” the book of Hebrews begins, “long ago God spoke to our …
Category: Prayer
These posts are especially for people wanting to deepen in their spiritual practice or seeking some kind of healing.
Spiritual Practice@Home: Your Life Is Your Prayer
The content of your life is the content of your prayer. Your life is your prayer. And maybe your life is God’s prayer, too. Some of us have been taught that prayer is what we do when we set aside the distractions of daily life and have a focused conversation with God “out there.” Maybe …
Spiritual Practice @Home: The Welcoming Prayer
The Welcoming Prayer Welcome, welcome, welcome. I welcome everything that comes to me today because I know it’s for my healing. I welcome all thoughts, feelings, emotions, persons, situations, and conditions. I let go of my desire for power and control. I let go of my desire for affection, esteem, approval and pleasure. I let …
Spiritual Practice@Home :: See Beauty, give thanks
Wherever you are, find something beautiful today. Look at it for a long time. Try to really see it. It might be something out your kitchen window, or something on your desk. It might be the face of your loved one, or the fingers and toes of your child. Maybe it’s the design on your …
Spiritual Practice@Home: Naked Spirituality
I’ve been enjoying Brian McLaren’s book, Naked Spirituality: A Life with God in 12 Simple Words. In case you don’t know Brian, he became well known after writing a book called A New Kind of Christian, and has since written a wide range of forward thinking and inspirational books about a generous kind of Christianity. …