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Stop, Look, and Listen: Quieting Your Soul to Hear God

On busy streets, attentiveness means survival. In spiritual life, learning to stop, look, and listen...

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December 10, 2023

A Thoughtless Gift: Contemplative Prayer

Giving a thoughtless Christmas gift is a bad thing. But contemplative prayer is a gift...

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Worship God with One-Word Prayer

Prayer is best when we let our words be few—or even a single word. Here...

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May 15, 2023

How to Revive Your Prayer Through Lectio Divina

If you’re honest, sometimes your Bible reading and prayer life can get a little dull....

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January 20, 2023

National Squirrel Appreciation Day: When You Suffer From Squirrel Brain

Most drivers have watched a squirrel run in front of them, notice the car, and...

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September 29, 2022

Tongues: A Prayer Language?

Many people call the gift of tongues their Prayer Language. This assumes that it is...

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August 26, 2022

“Here I Am to Worship—But Why?”

Why do we worship God? Does God need to be worshipped? Throughout the Bible, people...

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July 02, 2022

Contemplative Prayer: Hearing from God When You’re Deconstructing

Contemplative prayer is beginning with the ending. Most of us end our prayers with the...

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February 23, 2022

Are Christians Allowed to Meditate?

“I’m a Christian,” said my coworker. “I’m not allowed to meditate.” He apologized that his...

January 2022

January 29, 2022

He Called Me a Zen Baptist

When the 95-year-old Zen Buddhist monk Thích Nhất Hạnh passed away, I reflected on the...

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