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2019-10-19T03:51:52-08:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Practices From the Inside Out: What Are Spiritual Practices?

Last updated on: October 19, 2019 at 3:51 am By Greg Richardson

What Are Spiritual Practices? People talk to me about spiritual practices. Some people have questions about what they are or which ones they might want to follow. Others have strong opinions, based on their own experiences, about which practices are most helpful or enjoyable. We each have our own personal ideas and questions about spiritual practices. Some of us have our favorite practices and some of us have practices we try to avoid. Many of us believe there is an... Read more

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Spiritual Practices

2019-10-18T19:29:14-08:00

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Monastic Strategies: Where Can We Go To Find Wisdom?

Last updated on: October 18, 2019 at 7:29 pm By Greg Richardson

Where Can We Go To Find Wisdom? Some of us experience our lives as never-ending paths we follow in pursuit of wisdom. We may struggle for years exploring various aspects of life before we feel we are anywhere near wisdom. Some of us experience our search as hopeless and conclude we wil never find wisdom. Many of us explore a variety of places in our search for wisdom. Some of us try to discover wisdom in books. We read words... Read more

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Monastic Strategies

2019-10-15T03:41:32-08:00

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Listening to Sacred Stillness: Making Friends With Stillness

Last updated on: October 15, 2019 at 3:41 am By Greg Richardson

Making Friends With Stillness We have created a world which is not friendly toward quiet. Two of our favorite spectator activities, sports and politics, have become opportunities for arguing and complaining. We fill our lives with technology which seems designed to ensure we will never experience stillness. It is as if our culture were dedicated to eliminating even the smallest experience of quiet reflection. People who seek quiet are countercultural. Many of us look on those who develop a contemplative... Read more

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Sacred Stillness

2021-05-24T18:16:52-08:00

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Practices From the Inside Out: Gathering Our Harvest

Last updated on: May 24, 2021 at 6:16 pm By Greg Richardson

Gathering Our Harvest I did not grow up where I live now. Where I live now is different from where I was born and raised in many ways. There is more traffic here on more freeways. Where I grew up you were more likely to drive behind a vehicle moving slowly on a two-lane road. We have earthquakes, droughts, and brushfires here, but tornadoes and blizzards there. There are more people, from more different parts of the world, speaking more... Read more

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Spiritual Practices

2019-10-11T19:03:00-08:00

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Monastic Strategies: More Today Than Yesterday and More Tomorrow

Last updated on: October 11, 2019 at 7:03 pm By Greg Richardson

More Today Than Yesterday and More Tomorrow Most of us experience times when we feel a little stuck. For some of us life can begin to be a sort of endurance test. We feel we have already done quite a lot and are exceeding our own expectations. Every once in a while we get the sense we have things organized and under control, as if things might work out well. Maybe we could relax just a little. That is when... Read more

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Monastic Strategies

2019-10-11T19:03:20-08:00

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Listening to Sacred Stillness: Recognizing the Sacred Within Stillness

Last updated on: October 11, 2019 at 7:03 pm By Greg Richardson

Recognizing the Sacred Within Stillness For many of us the challenge of listening to sacred stillness is recognizing the sacred within stillness. We have grown unaccustomed to what is sacred and to listening to stillness. Our lives feel focused on the everyday to the exclusion of any sense of anything sacred. We have grown used to distracting ourselves with busyness and the constant internal flow of words. There is no room in our lives for either stillness or anything else... Read more

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Sacred Stillness

2019-10-11T19:03:41-08:00

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Practices From the Inside Out: Our Spiritual Practice of Taking Naps

Last updated on: October 11, 2019 at 7:03 pm By Greg Richardson

Our Spiritual Practice of Taking Naps Today is one of those days. We feel too tired to continue pushing. It has been a long week full of challenges and conflicts to resolve. Long hours of listening and talking, working on the computer, searching for solutions. Too many late nights and early mornings and stirring in a serious dose of frustration and fatigue. Some of us like to assume spiritual life is about getting things done and taking meaningful steps forward.... Read more

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Spiritual Practices

2019-10-11T19:04:02-08:00

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Monastic Strategies: Money is How We Keep Score

Last updated on: October 11, 2019 at 7:04 pm By Greg Richardson

Money is How We Keep Score I believe Ted Turner said, “Life is a game. Money is how we keep score.” A couple of months ago I bought a new laptop computer. Actually my wife and I traded in our two iPads and my desktop Mac and each bought a new laptop. I remember reflecting on the purchase and thinking about having money sure makes life easier. There are many things I enjoy about my new laptop. I am writing... Read more

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Monastic Strategies

2019-10-11T19:04:19-08:00

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Listening to Sacred Stillness: Listening in Online Stillness

Last updated on: October 11, 2019 at 7:04 pm By Greg Richardson

Listening in Online Stillness Some of us feel overwhelmed by the flood of information we receive each day, every day. There are many people talking and few of us seem to be listening. We connect to many people in many places and each of them has something to say. Some online connections allow us to hear voices which we have not heard before. We learn about books and blogposts we want to read and resources which promise to change how... Read more

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Sacred Stillness

2019-10-11T19:04:48-08:00

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Practices From the Inside Out: Talking About Jesus

Last updated on: October 11, 2019 at 7:04 pm By Greg Richardson

Talking About Jesus There are people who read what I write and ask me why I don’t you talk about Jesus. Some of the ask me whether I really am a Christian and, if I am, why do I not sound like that? They think all this talk of spiritual life and sacred stillness sounds a little vague. Some people want to understand how I experience spirituality. Others seem a little nervous I am trying to pull something over on... Read more

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