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THE LORD'S PRAYER AS A TUNING FORK

Each phrase of the Lord’s Prayer strikes as a tuning fork, calling us to resonate with the creative Word as it sounds within. read more

3/14/2019 7:54:13 PM by Lorraine Kisly

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Repentance and Thomas Keating's Emotional Programs for...

As Christians begin moving through the season of Lent, it’s well-worth considering repentance. The forty days of Lent are associated in the Bible with the Israelite’s forty years of testing in the... read more

3/14/2019 10:00:19 AM by Mark Longhurst

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INTIMATE LISTENING

To listen is an act of love. It is not love that creates listening, but listening that creates love. Or rather reveals it. When we truly listen, the deep relationship that already exists emerges. read more

3/10/2019 10:41:02 PM by Lorraine Kisly

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HERE, NOW, FULLY: Entering the Lord's Prayer

Once we embark on the practice of the Lord’s Prayer as the foundation of Christian contemplation we soon see that the prayer is a mirror. read more

3/8/2019 3:13:40 PM by Lorraine Kisly

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Howard Thurman Teaches Collective Contemplation

Contemplation is not only personal, something to be pursued individually in the “prayer closet.” It can also be public and communal: the silent rest of savasana at the end of a sweaty yoga class.... read more

3/5/2019 3:19:18 AM by Mark Longhurst

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When Life Falls Apart

I don’t want you to lose heart over the problematic changes you need to make in your life. I know the fear and frustration you feel when life falls apart all around you. I also know how resistant... read more

3/3/2019 12:51:24 AM by Paul Bane

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3/1/2019 6:22:13 PM by Phil Fox Rose

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Grace without Measure: Experiencing the Lord's Prayer

Fifty years ago Karl Rahner, S.J., wrote that “The Christian of the future will be a mystic. Or he will be nothing at all.” Many Christians sense that Rahner is correct: that something is missing in... read more

3/1/2019 5:49:10 PM by Lorraine Kisly

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Contemplation is for Everybody!

Contemplation has burst out of cloistered gates. For centuries, spiritual wisdom has been hidden but passed down by faithful renunciates in monastic orders. Carmelites, Franciscans, Dominicans,... read more

3/1/2019 3:17:27 AM by Mark Longhurst

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You are My Dwelling Place

I am the bread of life which comes down from heaven revealing my love for the hurting and the hungry of humanity. My spirit descended on the day of Pentecost as fire, and my spirit was poured out on... read more

2/25/2019 1:36:02 AM by Paul Bane

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Come with Me to a Quiet Place and find Rest for your Soul

Come with me to a quiet place and find rest for your soul. In prayer focus on my strength overcoming the troubling thoughts in your mind and superseding those concerns with my love and hope. read more

2/22/2019 3:56:31 AM by Paul Bane

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You will be Perfect as your Heavenly Father is Perfect

I know there is the command you will be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect, but I hope you realize trying to live like me is impossible and it can make you feel like a failure. The... read more

2/17/2019 11:46:49 PM by Paul Bane

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Who is the Greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?

My closest friends were arguing who is the greatest in the kingdom of Heaven. I shared with them anyone who welcomes a child and humbles themselves like a little child welcomes me and becomes the... read more

2/14/2019 9:18:20 AM by Paul Bane

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