One facet of staying awake is being present enough to what is happening so that we can hear what God is saying to us. In the gospels, the phrase “Let anyone with ears to hear listen!” is repeated by Jesus multiple times (Mk 4:9, Mk 4:23, Mt 11:15, Mt 13:9, Lk 14:35). This phrase always… Continue reading Listening To God
Tag: Prayer
A Prayer for the End of A Year
God, who is beyond all calendars and time, help us intentionally and peacefully draw this year to a close and prepare us to start a new year with hope. It wasn’t the year we planned and hoped for in January. We were worn out from dealing with Covid, widespread divisiveness and intolerance of differences, and… Continue reading A Prayer for the End of A Year
Gratitude and Letting Go
Just when we get good at adding things to our lives to make them better, we realize it may be time to start letting things go. How do we be grateful for this?
What We Take for Granted
There’s a specific daily prayer practice that can help us take less for granted and be more grateful.
Prayer for A Perfect (Ordinary) Day
After being away for a week, I’m now home again and into my regular routine. Instead of seeing sunrise over the ocean, my morning walk now provides a view of sunrise over traffic. So much of life consists of normal, ordinary days that speed by as frantically as cars on their morning commute. Here’s a morning prayer for days like these.
Giving God the Benefit of the Doubt
There are times in our lives when our spiritual practices feel too difficult, or we believe we’re not getting any benefit from them. At these times, we need to give God the benefit of the doubt.
Crows
Like crows, our minds pick up a lot of shiny things over the course of a lifetime. And this includes beliefs about ourselves that are very hard to let go.
The Speed of Change
Change can happen at radically different speeds, but it always leaves us vulnerable.
Prayer: In The Hands of God
A prayer about discovering grace in the hands of God.
Prayer: Fall In Love
What you fall in love with decides everything.
Falling Up After 50 