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Expressing Peace. Waiting in Line. 73.

At a breakfast meeting this morning, Cindy and I were waiting in line to fill our plates. The line moved quickly. The others were friendly. The food supply was ample. And as I stepped, stopped, stepped, stopped, stepped my way to the scrambled eggs and hash brown potatoes, I realized today’s topic. Research from Cal […]

Posted on October 25, 2014 at 3:33 pm by Tim · Permalink · Comments Closed
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Expressing Peace. Mindfulness. 70.

Jon Kabat-Zinn says, mindfulness “wakes us up to the fact that our lives unfold only in moments.” He then defines mindfulness as the awareness that comes when we pay attention—on purpose—in the present moment, while suspending judgment. I finally understand that being mindful is not having a mind full, rather it is being mindful (attentive, […]

Posted on October 22, 2014 at 7:22 pm by Tim · Permalink · Comments Closed
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Expressing Peace. Silence. 66.

Usually when we begin to pray or meditate, we invite ourselves to silence. That probably means we silence what we can: our spoken voice, the little voice in our mind, the physical distractions that we have the power to turn off. Only those things. Certainly we cannot control the ever-increasing barrage of sounds in the […]

Posted on October 18, 2014 at 5:40 pm by Tim · Permalink · Comments Closed
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Expressing Peace. Praying. 16.

To talk here about the peace I feel when I pray may be “preaching to the choir.” And to reinforce the peace I feel after I’ve prayed may be to say, “Let’s hear it again!” Yet this morning I experienced powerful connections among my meditation, the praying that followed, and the journaling that followed that. I want to share […]

Posted on August 29, 2014 at 11:43 am by Tim · Permalink · Comments Closed
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