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Lighten Up! There’s No Reason Not To.
Lighten up! Take that seriously and with several grains of the certainty that it’ll be good for you if you do! The reasons for lightening up are many. They include less stress and greater peace of mind. When you make the effort to remove the “weight of the world” from your very strong shoulders, you […]
In: Energy, Happiness, Healing, Inner Peace, Joy, Peacefulness, Prayer, Praying · Tagged with: Energy, Joy, Peace, spiritual simplicity
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 […]
In: God, Grounded, Humility, Prayer, Praying · Tagged with: God, Prayer
Prosperity Is More than It Seems
Prosperity gets a lot of attention. It’s something almost everybody wants. Some feel it is something they don’t have, or at least not enough of. Over time and in many cultures, it has developed a focused meaning: money. In fact Baker’s Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology gives the Bible definition of prosperity this way: See […]
In: Joy, Love, Peace, Prayer, Praying, Prosperity, Spirituality
Spiritual Authenticity: The Power of Letting Go
This morning I was thrilled to read: Spiritual authenticity is always in some way or on some level about letting go. That appeared in Richard Rohr‘s Center for Action and Contemplation meditation. I enjoyed feeling clarity thanks to the explicitness of his statement. Just let go. I understood the words and I felt I had […]
In: Authenticity, Christ Spirit, God, Humility, Prayer, Praying · Tagged with: Authenticity, Christ, Humility, Prayer
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