Prayers and meditations are not always spoken word. Sometimes they’re silent. Sometimes shouts of laughter. Sometimes the garbled incoherence of our weeping soul. Prayers and meditations are not always communication with God and Jesus, and are instead the expression through our body of our relationship with the world, with the universe, with that which we [...]
Even though I have seen miraculous healing in my travels, I do not believe in miracle healers. At least not on this side of heaven. There’s even a school in South Carolina where you can go to now to learn to be a faith healer. I don’t believe – in the unseen parts of the [...]
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In our troubles, you are our strength. And in our sorrows, our consolation. (alleluia alleluia) The Psalmist reminds us in this verse that the Maker – the Center – is both our go-to for the inspirational hutzpah we need to get through the day, and is also our consoler – our cheerleader – [...]
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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 [...]
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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,” [...]
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