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Contemplative Prayer: an introduction
"This is how you pray continually, not by offering prayer in words, but by joining yourself to God through your whole way of life, so...
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Aug 15, 20234 min read
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4am Contemplative Prayer
I'm an early riser, but some days I think we're just meant to wake up earlier. This morning, I felt like the universe must have something...
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Aug 11, 20233 min read
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Six Ways to Invite Peace
Most of us live in a pretty fast-paced environment on a daily basis. Add the current political / cultural climate to the busyness of...
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May 8, 20235 min read
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Look Up - Christ is Near
It was one of our rarer warm winter days last week, so I decided to take a walk around the monastery that is close by to where I live....
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Feb 24, 20232 min read
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A Message for the World
This quote drew my attention the other day: "Here is one way to look at yourself through spiritual eyes: you are a message. When you...
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Jan 10, 20232 min read
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A New Word for the Year
Some years are more surprising than others and for me this one was particularly remarkable. When 2022 began in Phoenix, Arizona I had no...
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Jan 1, 20233 min read
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Welcoming Pain as a Guide
Setting the scene: Typing these words as I lay on an ice pack. So we're moving. Across the country. And I'm not sure how it happened,...
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Sep 17, 20223 min read
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Embodied Prayer
I pray to God—my life a prayer— and wait for what he’ll say and do. Psalm 130:5 MSG Embodied Prayer if God is okay with anger and...
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Apr 6, 20221 min read
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Cultivating a Listening Life
I recently had the privilege of leading a workshop at the Spiritual Formation Society of Arizona's conference "The Contemplative Way". It...
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Feb 9, 20221 min read
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