On May 12, 2012, the people of North Carolina voted in favor of a state constitutional amendment stating that the only state-recognized marital relationship is between one man and one woman. The law disallows recognition of domestic partnerships, unmarried cohabiting couples, or common law marriages as having any particular legal rights. My initial reaction was… ...
Continue reading about Even through long nights of crying will come our joy – a lectio divino
I came across an interesting prayer while reading this afternoon: it’s offered here in a slightly edited variation on a closing prayer that is used at the de-consecration of a building (church, etc.) that is either to be razed, or to stop being a sacred space and changing its purpose to secular use. In the ...
Continue reading about When Things Move Too Fast – a meditation on Spirtual Homelessness
Jesus, our Peace: If there is any doubt in us, you do not love us any less. We wish to find life in your words: “Whoever gives their life for love of me, the risen Lord, will find it.” – Amen When you imagine what the words in the prayer mean by “gives their life,” ...
Continue reading about When I Doubt Myself I Do Not Doubt You – a 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 ...
