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Sixpence In Your Shoes: Learning to Listen
Good books create movement inside of us. If we are paying attention, we find ourselves moving into hope, joy, empathy, compassion. This book roundup invites our hearts to grow.
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The Sheltering Kingdom
I wrote this back in April when I suspected a move was about to happen but nothing was decided yet. Uncertainty puddled around me like excess rainwater in my yard during that time, but I did not feel adrift. I found the kingdom of heaven flourishing, stable and bursting with life around me. What does…
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Loving-Kindness Meditation
What does the quiet work of prayer look like in a world of pain and suffering? The loving-kindness meditation helps us see how prayer brings the kingdom of heaven into our midst.
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Sixpence In Your Shoes: A Flourishing Life
Another book roundup — four unexpected books that have me pondering what a flourishing life is. Old, new, borrowed, and blue!
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Walking the Road Of Lent
Lent is a season of preparation, of softening our hearts, of learning how to let love have the deepest, most enduring word in our life.
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Beginnings And Endings
Continuing my reflection on the prayer of Examen, I think about how it helps me learn to mark seasons in my life, both big and small.
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Kona And The Prayer Of Examen
Contemplative practices…according to a dog? Kona’s new habit teaches me more and more about the prayer of examen.
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Worms
Oftentimes, when I read through passages in the Bible slowly, I am surprised and discover something completely unexpected, even if I have read the passage before. This time, I was surprised by worms.
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Sixpence in Your Shoes: January
My January book roundup! Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue!
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Praying Tears
Tears are sacred and express what the heart knows and wants to say. Our tears are prayers.