Praying Together Pray then in this way… Matthew 6:9a Earlier this year I spent several days with a group of Benedictine monks south of Boston. I was allowed to join them during parts of their daily schedule, including the five daily worship services. One part of most worship services was what they consider praying together, … Continue reading Praying Together
Category: Life Notes
Silent Prayer
Silent Prayer Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words. Romans 8:26 Most of us learned to pray with words, by which I mean we spoke our prayers. Because language is how we … Continue reading Silent Prayer
Difficult Decisions
Difficult Decisions I know your works; you are neither cold nor hot. I wish that you were either cold or hot. So, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I am about to spit you out of my mouth. Revelation 3:15-16 I learned the most useful life lessons from a professor in graduate … Continue reading Difficult Decisions
Finding Spirit in Our Surroundings
Finding Spirit in Our Surroundings Where can I go from your spirit? Or where can I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there. Psalm 139:7-8 A primary reason, I believe, we live in such a lonely, isolated, and narcissistic society … Continue reading Finding Spirit in Our Surroundings
The Exodus Revisited
The Exodus Revisited Then the Lord said, “I have observed the misery of my people who are in Egypt; I have heard their cry on account of their taskmasters. Indeed, I know their sufferings, and I have come down to deliver them from the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to … Continue reading The Exodus Revisited
Service to Others
Service to Others …whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be your slave; just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve... Matthew 20:26b-28a In what we call The Golden Rule, Jesus tells us to treat others … Continue reading Service to Others
The Sign of Jonah
The Sign of Jonah Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to him, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.” But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.” Matthew 12:38-39 Many of … Continue reading The Sign of Jonah
Living Beyond Words
Living Beyond Words There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3:28 It is common to have a narrative running nonstop in our heads. Most of us are more present to the … Continue reading Living Beyond Words
The 5 S’s to a God Experience
The Five S’s to a God Experience Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46:10a Over the past few weeks I have covered a few states of being that put us in a position of least resistance to experience God’s presence. They are silence, stillness, solitude, simplicity, and surrender. Interestingly, none of these … Continue reading The 5 S’s to a God Experience
Contemplating Grace 