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Wake up and get up

Do you ever wake up and not want to get up? As Kay and I exchanged good mornings before the Sunday service, she asked me: “Do you ever wake up and not want to? I mean, not want to get up, not want to do anything?” I think I was about to shake my head. […]

Posted on January 4, 2019 at 4:08 am by Tim · Permalink · Comments Closed
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Prescription change? For the better.

A prescription change happened with my latest optometry appointment. Nothing major but a slight improvement for my near-sighted vision. The new prescription made me consider replacing the lenses in my two favorite frames: the ones I’d bought “on special” for $76 a year ago. That was $76 for the frames and the lenses: a progressive […]

Posted on July 10, 2017 at 5:04 am by Tim · Permalink · Comments Closed
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Calm Down! It’s Worth the Effort.

How often do you say to yourself, “Calm down?” How often does someone else suggest kindly, lovingly that you calm down? The current State of Life may give us cause operate at turbo speed. We ramp up our energies, fuel-inject our emotions, and ignite our intensity. Sometimes one’s personal odometer gets close to–or crosses over–the […]

Posted on July 3, 2017 at 5:05 am by Tim · Permalink · Comments Closed
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My Go at Centering Prayer: Not Yet Successful

Maybe my years of mindful meditation have made my recent stab at centering prayer more than tricky. Fr. Thomas Keating says the reason for centering prayer is “to contribute to bringing the knowledge and experience of God’s love into the general consciousness of the human family.” It is a discipline meant to get us past […]

Posted on June 26, 2017 at 12:33 pm by Tim · Permalink · Comments Closed
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