When we offer up prayers and meditations for our military personnel and their leaders, the best place to turn our thoughts is not to their work, not to the campaigns they have underway, and not to the success of our troops of the failure of “theirs.” Such things are best left to others above and ...
Cathedra Everywhere J.S. Bach wrote that “to sing once is to pray twice.” When I sing, and when I hear singing, I am surrounded by the presence of the angels and the prayers of the saints. I am in communion, even if in a community of one. I remember today one of the Advent meditations ...
In my daily tweet from Contemplative Outreach, (yea – I’m experementing with Twitter as a business tool, and that whole social marketing gig. for DayJob,, Inc) they brought up a question/quandry that I have had for a very long time. Contemplative Outreach sends out a quote every morning to folks who follow on Twitter, mostly ...
Continue reading about Centering Prayer – I’m not so academic with it
For the Memorial Day weekend, Bill and I hit the road for a couple of days to visit my parents in Western North Carolina for an orgy of furniture outlet shopping (we are doing a 2 year-long “staging” of our house for sale… maybe. There’s the possibility of fixing it up to the point that ...
With no political preaching attached, I am thinking today of our old friend, Senator Edward Kennedy, and his newfound “adventure.” He has been a “Friend of the Family” and gallant soldier for our acceptance and inclusion for many years. Remember him, as do I, in your prayers today. Our doctors are so kind to us ...
