His Breath – Oct. 28, 2021
He breathes His breath into me again this day. Not a casual breath, but purposeful, resounding, filling my lungs, my very being with Life. —Beams of Prayer: Spiritual Reflections with Edward J. Farrell, p.3
The Breath of the Lion – May 13, 2021
“What an extraordinary place!” cried Lucy. “All these stone animals – and people too! It’s like a museum.”“Hush,” said Susan. “Aslan’s doing something.”He was indeed. He had bounded up to the stone lion and breathed on him… For a second after Aslan breathed on him the stone lion looked just the same. Then a tiny […]
Guide Me into an Unclenched Moment – Apr. 12, 2021
Guide me,Holy One,into an unclenched moment,a deep breath,a letting go of heavy expectancies,of shriveling anxieties,of dead certainties,that, softened by the silence,surrounded by the light,and open to the mystery,I may be found by wholeness,upheld by the unfathomable,entranced by the simple,and filled with the joythat is you. –Ted Loder, Guerrillas of Grace: Prayers for the Battle (San […]
A Brief Stop… – Apr. 2, 2021
It could all go in a minute. It WILL all go in a minute.This life is a brief stop, whether I die tomorrow or in fifty years.I would love not to know this, to have the innocent certainty that,when loved ones set out on a journey, they will return unharmed,that I can go out to […]
