Tag Archives: Spirituality

A Prayer about Prayer

How you long for a quiet moment,
When the babble and the tears and the anger subside;
A quiet space for your still small voice to penetrate…. Continue reading

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What is prayer?

“Praying in terms of requests to God doesn’t work.” If that’s true then most of the prayers uttered around the world over the last few thousand years have been in vain. But does it “work”? Continue reading

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Too Busy to Listen

Listening is such hard work; waiting for the future to happen, so difficult. I’m much too busy; there’s too much to get through; I want to read, to write, to learn, to do. Continue reading

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An infinite appetite for distraction

There is so much need around us and there are so many people caring for the poor, the sick, the lost, the abandoned, the abused, the environment…. The needs, causes and opportunities for service can become overwhelming Continue reading

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Our God is Coming

The gifts God gives us aren’t always properly wrapped, marked with our names. Sometimes they are small treasures easily missed. Sometimes they come wrapped in pain and struggle. The greatest gift of all came in the shape of a cross. Continue reading

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I saw a tree die

I saw a tree die.
Leaves that danced on the branches, stirred into life by the breeze, shivered in the cruel wind and died in the winter chill.
Was that the end? Continue reading

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