Trusting God – Oct. 17, 2019
“Emily Dickinson put it best: “Instead of getting to heaven at last / I am going all along.” The Reign of God is being realized on earth as in heaven—step by step. We move on pilgrimage, which is both moving with God and toward God, trusting God on a path that is mysterious and unknown […]
Open to Grace – Oct. 16, 2019
“Spiritual perfection is not found in the fulfillment of any rigid blueprint. It is found rather in the surprising moments of meeting between God’s active grace and our spontaneous willingness. All of us know such perfect moments. They are moments lived out of the heart, found scattered through the day like manna falling in the […]
Living Prayer – Oct. 15, 2019
“Authentic prayer is opening to God’s gracious presence with all that we are, what Scripture summarizes as our whole heart, soul, and mind (Matt 22:37). Therefore, prayer is more a way of being than an isolated act of doing… Prayer is aimed at our deepest problem: our tendency to forget our liberating connectedness with God… […]
Separate No More – Oct. 14, 2019
The quotes this week come from Living in the Presence: Spiritual Exercises to Open Our Lives to the Awareness of God. Author Tilden Edwards, along with the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation he founded, have greatly nurtured me in contemplative living and leadership – opening into life in the Spirit, trusting in God’s abiding presence, […]