Solitude – Feb. 16, 2022
“Solitude is not a practice just for ourselves but a practice to cultivate within each of us a greater capacity for living in communion with the world. In solitude we are able to listen more intimately for the whispers of the divine alive in each moment.” –Christine Valters Paintner, The Soul’s Slow Ripening, p. 107
Encircled by Eternity – Jan. 4, 2022
Sphere of Being, Dancing Love: Encircled by eternity, lift me up into your love. Flowing through existence is your living and active Word, sustaining and upholding all things, including me. I am part of your fabric of divine intention, a participant of your holy web of emerging life. I consent to the victory of love […]
Sacred Ground – Oct. 4, 2021
“Any place is sacred ground, because it is, potentially, a place of confrontation — confrontation with the divine Presence. As soon as we take off the shoes of “being used to it” and come alive, we realize: ‘If not here, where? When, if not now?’” –David Steindl-Rast, A Listening Heart: The Spirituality of Sacred Sensuousness […]
Truth Over Deception – Sep. 27, 2021
“Sin is about pretending that something is true when in fact it is not. Idolatry is pretending that something is divine and worthy of our devotion when in fact it is not… Repentance is about choosing truth over deception.” –Louis Newman, On Being interview with Krista Tippett [The readings this week are excerpted from Krista […]
