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Month: February 2018

Posted on February 15, 2018February 15, 2018

Recovering the Ancient Prayer of Silence

In John 4, Jesus taught that true worship must be done “in spirit” because God is spirit.  Now, granted, this phrase is quite nebulous and open to a wide variety of interpretations.  But what did Jesus mean? A part of the answer lies in a very ancient tradition that turned to silence to solve this …

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Posted on February 8, 2018

Ashes, Tattoos, the Sign of the Cross, and My Friend Connie

Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. I was in first grade the first time I participated in an Ash Wednesday service.  I attended a parochial school, and our teacher, a very stern nun, paraded us into the chapel where we all knelt and were told to be still and quiet, an …

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  • From Eden to Heaven Prompts
    • Garden of Eden
      • What Are You Worth?
      • Are You a Winner?
      • Do You Feel Pretty?
      • I Am Nothing
    • Tree of Knowledge
      • The Prodigal
      • What’s Your Adventure?
      • Free Fall and Transubstantiation
    • Gates of Hell
      • Abandoned by a Father
      • Mother Teresa’s Crisis of Faith
      • The Girl in the Red Coat
    • The Cross
      • C. S. Lewis on Pain
      • The Search for Meaning
      • Loss/Rejection
      • Autobiography at the Cross
    • The Altar
      • Becoming the Man in Black
      • I Have a Voice!
      • Communion
      • Autobiography at the Altar
    • The Holy of Holies
      • The Jesus Prayer
      • The Examen
      • Lectio Divina and the Lectionary
      • The Daily Office
    • The Wilderness
      • Oracle
      • Crisis of Faith
      • Annihilation
      • What is Truth?
      • Losing Faith
    • The Desert
      • Name Your Demon
      • Advice from a Demon
      • The Gerasene Demoniac
    • Tower of Babel
      • All Right Then, I’ll GO to Hell!
      • A New Law
      • Letter from a Birmingham Jail
      • You Are Here
    • The Empty Tomb
      • It’s Not Your Fault
      • The Last Lecture
      • Playing Catch with Dad
      • Autobiography and Reflection at the Tomb
    • The Banquet
      • Living in the Moment
      • The Art of Listening
      • Life Changing Perspective
      • What is Life?
    • Heaven
      • Building a Cathedral
      • What Will Your Verse Be?
      • Dream
      • You Are Here
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