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Morning Prayer: 39/100. User-friendly Praying.

A couple of weeks ago I made May’s well-being calls to my list of people from church. Purpose of the call is to ask if they’d like a prayer and offer to share one with them. This time one person went into some detail about why s/he would like a prayer. I asked if they’d […]

Posted on June 1, 2016 at 5:45 am by Tim · Permalink · Comments Closed
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Morning Prayer 33/100. Steady pace

Moving at a steady pace is most often your best bet. I went out to run earlier than usual one morning last week. All along the way, a 10-yard stretch of grass separates sidewalk from boulevard. I rounded a curve and came upon a doe and two fawn, perhaps 3 weeks old, grazing on that […]

Posted on September 8, 2015 at 6:51 am by Tim · Permalink · Comments Closed
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Morning Prayer 31/100. Now and then

“Now and then” suggests separation and, at the same time, connection. Now: this very moment that is ever changing as the where and when of reality; and then: time gone by and so literally gone, except in the memory. And there’s the throw-away phrase “now and then” which means “every once in a while, almost without thought, a […]

Posted on August 28, 2015 at 9:51 am by Tim · Permalink · Comments Closed
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Morning Prayer 26/100. No longer praying for….

Earlier this week, I stopped praying for. In my morning meditation Tuesday, I was led to realize that if I pray for something, I affirm lack of something. I am praying to fill an emptiness with whatever I am praying for, be it health or prosperity or love or relationship strength or security or peace […]

Posted on August 20, 2015 at 11:44 am by Tim · Permalink · Comments Closed
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