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July 2018

July 05, 2018

A Sacred Word Quiets my Mind to Pay Attention to God

Father Thomas Keating created the phrase in centering prayer of repeating a sacred word or...

June 2018

June 30, 2018

Mindful Christianity and Calming our Monkey Mind

In eastern tradition, the term "monkey mind" is well known and understood by those who...

June 27, 2018

Discover your Soul and Heart’s Desire

Where your treasure is, there your heart will also be. Jesus Discover your soul and...

June 17, 2018

The Fear of Silence is Killing Us

We devote enormous amounts of energy and time creating noise and entertainment in our heads...

June 11, 2018

No Red Sea Miracle in Spiritual Growth

The children of Israel in their history escaped the clutches of Pharaoh by the parting...

June 08, 2018

Alone but not Lonely

One of the best gifts you can present yourself is learning how to be alone...

June 04, 2018

Calming My Restless Mind

The key to calming my restless mind. In my quiet time, I use a phrase...

January 2018

January 13, 2018

Pulled to the Center

I am the magnet of all-consuming love pulling and wooing you into the core of...

January 11, 2018

Listen to the Whisper

Listen to me in the depths of your heart and being, and know I am...

January 01, 2018

Bread of Heaven

A beautiful depiction is the Son of God as the Bread of Heaven who comes...

December 2017

December 29, 2017

Peace of Mind and Heart

Our minds are like a war zone with thoughts ready to attack at any time...

December 20, 2017

God is one of us!

For some, it is the outer edge of folly, and for others, it is the...

November 2017

November 23, 2017

Divine Partakers

1 Corinthians 15:20 “But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of...

November 01, 2017

Who am I?

The quest to answer "Who am I?" is shrouded in mystery for it is a...

September 2017

September 04, 2017

A Whisper in the Wilderness

The Holy Spirit whispers the Word of Life to us in the wasteland of our...

August 2017

August 19, 2017

The Day I saw God Everywhere!

One day my eyes opened, and I saw God everywhere I looked. When I say...

August 18, 2017

A Home for Christ in the Silence

The silence centers my innermost being on making a home in my heart for the...

August 04, 2017

A Mindful Awareness of the Kingdom of God

The Holy Spirit waits for us to release and let go of the distractions...

August 01, 2017

A Moment of Awakening!

Surely God is in this Place, and I didn’t even know it Jacob laments after...

June 2017

June 25, 2017

A Return to the Father

Since the beginning of time mysteriously hidden in our souls is the deep seeded longing...

May 2017

May 28, 2017

Eternity is Now not in the Future

There is the misconception in our minds that eternity is waiting for us sometime in...

May 10, 2017

The Stillness of the Heart

When we take the time to still our heart, we discover how many of our...

April 2017

April 30, 2017

Dreams of God

When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, "Surely the LORD is in this place,...

April 21, 2017

A Pause in Time

If a moment of time could be suspended in our life, we might then grasp...

February 2017

February 18, 2017

Mystics see beyond this world!

The mystic in prayer contemplates their entire soul and being is in union with God,...

October 2016

October 22, 2016

In the Silence, I am in tune with God, myself and others.

Silence for many is an undiscovered friend of the tired and restless. It is...

March 2016

March 27, 2016

The Resurrected Christ!

Richard Rohr writes, “We cannot attain the presence of God because we’re already totally in...

March 12, 2016

Chasing Ghosts of the Past and Future

When I focus on the future hoping it will bring me satisfaction and meaning, I...

March 01, 2016

The Divine Mystery!

The mystery and paradox of life are the belief we exist autonomous of everything in...

February 2016

February 24, 2016

I am Here!

Lord, I offer myself today! However, honestly, that is not my first desire. My flesh...

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