An early-morning meditation. Christ Jesus, We wish to lean on you like one who built their house on rock. And you … and despite of our fragility … You always support us. Keep the Faith! – Amen
I’ve been reviewing recordings of “The Complete English Hymnal” and re-fell in love with the hymn tune Aberystwyth (“Jesus Lover of My Soul“) and have been driving the neighbors crazy perfecting the octave runs. Goal: a new piano meditation for my Centering Prayer group as a “wake up” song. Learning this piece has been a ...
Stave One: What inspires me? I fell upon doing a series of Advent meditations on “Veni Veni Emmanuel” this year after listening to my friend, Sandra Julian’s Christmas album. Especially “Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence,” which is one of those songs in which the Angels hide their faces, sing Alleluias, all in a minor ...
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I was cleaning off an old thumb drive this week, from back in the day at DayJob, Inc., and I found this beautiful poem to share. The date on my note is April 19, 2009: ———- This morning Jon Kabat-Zinn was interviewed on the PBS program Speaking of Faith about mindfulness meditation among other things. ...
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 ...
