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All in Abiding
There is a beautiful ancient prayer recorded in scripture that says may you be “filled with all the fullness of God.” These words confounded me for years.
Whether we pay attention to it or not, we all live by a certain rhythm and liturgy in our ordinary life
Dust. The unadorned essence of all earthy substance, becomes the dwelling place of God.
What kind of vessel would you choose to represent your life these days?
You are God’s workmanship. A fine creation, a poetic expression, a sacred song.
We exist within a given time and place as we enter into the history of the world, within a certain culture that shapes our world view. These circumstances, as well as our physical being, can change our emotions and our experiences. Life is like the weather around the mountain that constantly changes. The weather is not the mountain, but the mountain bears witness to it.
I’ve long felt that our cultural insistence of measuring our accomplishments, our levels of productivity, stature, or growth is a silent trauma to the soul that we have come to accept as the norm of our existence.
Taking selfies. It’s an iconic image that seems to define a culture bent on finding themselves, seeing themselves, perceiving themselves as others do. And it captures the metaphor of our longing for identity.
The question of who am I is never fully answered in this life. It asks for a continued pondering, presence, and practice in paying attention to the soul.
The soul speaks. You’ve likely heard it in a moment when an inner voice tells you to pay attention to something, a change, an invitation, a restlessness within. Or times when a quandary suddenly crystalizes into an awakening. But we spend little time practicing the art of listening to our own soul talk
A little self knowledge is not only something to celebrate, but always leads to something Divine.
What does it mean to come home to yourself? What are the tools and resources you use to listen to your own life?
In a technology-driven society, an irony exists that the more “networked” we become in our digitized universe, the less connected and grounded we may feel. A virtual reality lacks the band-width for creating a deep sense of belonging to a specific time, place, and people. Our reach may be global, but there is a deep yearning within for identity and belonging to a local, geographic, face-to-face community where we know and are known, see and are seen, love and are loved — a place where we call home.
A recent article in the New York Times highlights the benefits of spiritual direction in listening for the Divine on your faith journey.
These are soul-searching days that continually call us to turn our hearts and minds and souls to the One who knows us best and loves us most.
How is it with your soul? This is your spiritual fitness check in, and how you talk to your soul makes a difference.
If you’re considering what practices might accompany you through 2021, consider using these four words and questions as focus points of praying from your every-day experiences.
The week between Christmas and New Years is always one of my favorite weeks of the year. In the rhythm of my life, I’ve scheduled at least a day if not the entire week as an intentional, prayerful pause to reflect on the year past and welcome the year to come
