Articles on Prayer

  • Rain—An Icon of Grace

    Rain—An Icon of Grace

    Today’s post is by Mary van Balen Rain pelted the windows as I fell asleep one Friday night this spring. Thunder rumbled in the distance, occasionally exploding through the thick sky, rattling the window beside my bed. I’ve always loved thunder storms, especially at night when I have nothing else to do but listen and…

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  • Peace within

    May today there be peace within. ~Teresa of Ávila  

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  • Maybe sometimes

    Maybe, sometimes, in the midst of things going terribly wrong, something is going just right. ~Gerald May  

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  • Breathing

    Breathing is an act of prayer. ~Frank Waters

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  • What you seek

    What you seek is seeking you. ~Rumi

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  • Be Active and Know

    Be Active and Know

    Today’s post is by Jeff Nelson To help him with his schoolwork, we’ve purchased several fidget cubes for our son. If you aren’t familiar with these, they are small six-sided objects, each side with a series of buttons to press, switches to click, balls to roll with your thumb, and so on. They were born…

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