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Every prayer life is a unique sacred act of opening and offering oneself to the Divine One. The way in which you approach God is your way alone. And the way in which God reaches to you is for you alone,
Whether we worship communally or privately, prefer the silence or the music, in soaring cathedral or a simple country church, we all worship. It’s part of what defines the human experience. But what’s at the heart of worship?
There’s something about the writings of the saints and mystics that speak of passion, devotion, extravagant love. How do I kindle that same fire in my own faith journey?
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.
Dust. The unadorned essence of all earthy substance, becomes the dwelling place of God.
A recent article in the New York Times highlights the benefits of spiritual direction in listening for the Divine on your faith journey.
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.
Meditating on art, images, nature, all that the eye can see is a doorway and into the love language of God. Visio divina is sacred seeing as we contemplate color, texture, tones, motion, and learn to see God.
Engaging the imagination in the spiritual life I believe is how God intended for us to use this amazing brain function. After all “faith” is about believing what we cannot see. And “hope” plants a longing in something we have not yet received.
Why meditate? What are the benefits? How does it open our lives to the Divine within? This is the first of several posts on meditation.
What’s it like to battle for your faith while in a spiritual desert? How does spiritual direction help?
