“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 …
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For people wanting to develop their spiritual practice.
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 :: Be Kind
Not merely because Henry James said there were but four rules of life— be kind be kind be kind be kind— but because it’s good for the soul, and, what’s more, for others; it may be that kindness is our best audition for a worthier world, and, despite the vagueness and uncertainty of its recompense, …