Like Jesus, we need to have our “lonely place,” that quiet sacred space we can go, not just to get away from the world and its busy-ness, but to prepare ourselves more fully for our engagement in the world. …
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In Chemotherapy, SpiritualityTags Chemotherapy, Christian, encouragement, faith, illness, Prayer, praying naked, sacred, Spirituality24 Views4 Comments Steve
Just a quick post to say that my collection of essays about facing disease and treatment with faith is about to hit the virtual and physical bookstore shelves. …
In Music, Prayer, SpiritualityTags cello, Christian, Creativity, de mello, faith, Lent, Prayer, praying naked, Spirituality109 Views3 Comments Steve
So that’s my challenge to myself this lent – to come before God in prayer more often than I do now, and to present myself in that divine presence in a way that recognizes that God knows me better than I know myself anyway. No games, no baggage, no excuses, no masks. Just me, naked on the stage before him like a 300-year-old cello that cannot speak for itself but can only respond by vibrating to the working of the …