Articles on Prayer

  • All the buried seeds

    All the buried seeds crack open in the dark the instant they surrender to a process they can’t see. ~Mark Nepo

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  • Open a space

    When we recognize that we can no longer rely on our own resources, we open a space for God to work. ~Desmond Tutu

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  • The Search Begins

    Once the soul awakens, the search begins and you can never go back. ~John O’Donohue

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  • Just where you are

    Just where you are —that’s the place to start. ~Pema Chödrön

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  • Contemplatively Oriented Intercession

    Contemplatively Oriented Intercession

    Article by Tilden Edwards (March 2018 eNews) Through all our clarity and unclarity about particular actions in terms of call and their alignment with God’s Shalom, there is one particular practice that can thread its way through our time, and that is contemplatively oriented intercession. If I suspend any sense of what “I” (my little…

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  • From Where Do We Live?

    From Where Do We Live?

    Today’s post is by Tilden Edwards From where do we live? We can answer this question in many ways. I suggest here three primary “places” inside us from which we can live that may help us to recognize and choose our spiritual heart in the many different situations of our lives. I think they are…

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