Articles on Prayer

  • Calm, Open and Harmonious

    Calm, Open and Harmonious

    Today’s post is by Bryan Berghoef The current stage of life I’m in is busy. I have four active kids in elementary and middle school. Daily I find myself driving them to practice, to track meets, to school activities. I work as a pastor in a new church setting in which I am the only…

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  • Life can only

    Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. ~Søren Kierkegaard

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  • Life in God

    As God deepens in us, appreciation of life in God naturally flows. ~Tilden Edwards

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  • Prayer is

    Prayer is inner resonance and a capacity for mutuality. ~Richard Rohr

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  • All you ever have

    Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. ~Eckhart Tolle

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  • Embraced by the Earth

    Embraced by the Earth

    Today’s post is by Anita Davidson Memories of my childhood are very incomplete and foggy, except for a few. As Earth Day approaches, one of them keeps recurring and the memory isn’t just in my mind. It’s deeply visceral. So much so that I feel compelled to write it down. I was born and raised…

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