http://sacredpauses.com Meditation and Prayers for Life's Spiritual Highway Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:37:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://sacredpauses.com http://sacredpauses.com/wp-content/mbp-favicon/purple cross.jpg http://sacredpauses.com/2010/12/heaven-as-cream-puff/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://sacredpauses.com/2010/12/heaven-as-cream-puff/#comments Sat, 18 Dec 2010 01:27:17 +0000 Scribe http://sacredpauses.com/?p=694 Heaven As Cream Puff

Heaven As Cream Puff How many times will God call out to us? Thankfully for me, it’s one more time than I can say “no.” Matthew’s parable of the wedding feast combined with the big Quotable at the end about many called/few chosen seems to make little sense on the first reading. Second doesn’t fare [...]]]> http://sacredpauses.com/2010/12/heaven-as-cream-puff/feed/ 0 http://sacredpauses.com/2010/05/character-is-born-in-us-not-learned-by-us/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://sacredpauses.com/2010/05/character-is-born-in-us-not-learned-by-us/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 20:32:16 +0000 Scribe http://sacredpauses.com/?p=651 Character is born in us, not learned by us.

Character is born in us, not learned by us. I spent my usual piano practice time today instead out piddling and hoeing in the Prayer Garden beside our house. The garden was commissioned as a private chapel in 2009 following the passing of our next door neighbor and very dear friend, Jean. She loved the [...]]]> http://sacredpauses.com/2010/05/character-is-born-in-us-not-learned-by-us/feed/ 0 http://sacredpauses.com/2010/04/no-wants-a-meditation-from-st-teresa/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://sacredpauses.com/2010/04/no-wants-a-meditation-from-st-teresa/#comments Sat, 24 Apr 2010 16:29:00 +0000 Scribe http://sacredpauses.com/?p=643 No Wants: A Meditation from St. Teresa

No Wants: A Meditation from St. Teresa Let nothing trouble you; Let nothing affright you; All things are passing, God never changes; Patience obtains everything, Nothing is wanting to one who possesses God. God alone suffices.  - Mother Teresa]]> http://sacredpauses.com/2010/04/no-wants-a-meditation-from-st-teresa/feed/ 0 http://sacredpauses.com/2010/02/how-far-away-is-your-hearts-greatest-longing-and-how-close/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://sacredpauses.com/2010/02/how-far-away-is-your-hearts-greatest-longing-and-how-close/#comments Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:34:02 +0000 Scribe http://sacredpauses.com/?p=580 How far away is your heart’s greatest longing? And how close?

How far away is your heart’s greatest longing? And how close? I woke this morning  in a nice Psalm 23 mood. This is my favorite version of the song put to music. The hymn tune is “Resignation.” Even in the secret places of our hearts – even in the far-away dreams of our souls, and [...]]]> http://sacredpauses.com/2010/02/how-far-away-is-your-hearts-greatest-longing-and-how-close/feed/ 0 http://sacredpauses.com/2010/02/prayer-the-tough-lessons-of-life/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://sacredpauses.com/2010/02/prayer-the-tough-lessons-of-life/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:50:55 +0000 Scribe http://sacredpauses.com/?p=574 Prayer: The Tough Lessons of Life

Prayer: The Tough Lessons of Life     Abba, I come back to you now, as I have many times before.   Once again, I’ve learned lessons through life rather than through teaching. Give me the strength to pass on these lessons. In your name.  - Amen]]> http://sacredpauses.com/2010/02/prayer-the-tough-lessons-of-life/feed/ 0