I keep your word in my heart, LORD, so that I might not sin against you. (Alleluia) Bring me to understand the way of your laws, LORD, And I will meditate on your wondrous works. (Alleluia) (adapted from Psalm 119)
There’s way too much to worry about in our world and in our life. Too much stress. Too much bad. On the days when you get up and there is more feeling of down in your heart than there is of up, remember the words of the song by Lynda Randle that we have the [...]
Continue reading about Spending our days in happiness and peace – (a call to prayer)
As you settle your thoughts and enter into your time of prayer, focus, meditation (whatever you wish to name it) here is a small entr’acte to bring you into the quietness of your sitting time: What can I offer to the Lord for the goodness he has shown? I will lift up the cup of [...]
Continue reading about Simple Repayment of an Even Simpler Love – a call to prayer
Today, think on this simple Call to Prayer as a meditation on what it is in our lives that is good, that blesses us, that which blesses others through us. Even on the days that you may think that your life is on the Down side of the roller coaster, what is there that is [...]
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 outside, and kept bird feeders and baths, and built [...]
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