• Uselessness and Benefitting Others

    Uselessness and Benefitting Others

    Today’s post is by Shirin McArthur I recently read a Buddhist story, shared by Andō, a Zen poet I follow online, about The Useless Tree. In a nutshell (!), the story is that an oak tree grew so twisted and gnarly that its wood was not considered useful, so it was not disturbed. The point…

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  • Just Walking

    We are all just walking each other home. ~Ram Dass  

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  • Responsibility and Bliss

    Responsibility and Bliss

    Today’s post is by Savannah Kate Coffey Years ago, when my son was an infant, the nights often felt endless. One night it was just the two of us in the house and on that particular night I traipsed repeatedly between the rocker in the nursery and my empty bed. I distinctly remember the conflict…

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  • Our entire self

    All good meditative prayer is a conversion of our entire self to God. ~Thomas Merton

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  • The Practical Mysticism of Evelyn Underhill

    The Practical Mysticism of Evelyn Underhill

    Today’s post is by Dana Greene Evelyn Underhill, the Anglican religious writer, had a leading role in the first half of the twentieth century in reviving interest in mysticism and  translating  the insights of the great mystics for the ordinary person. Her life’s work and achievement were confirmed by her friend T. S. Eliot who…

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  • ARCHIVED Living Word Living Way – Interact

    ARCHIVED Living Word Living Way – Interact

    Course Navigation: Learn  –  Interact  –  People  –  Resources Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 Praying for each other, in whatever way feels right to you, is the most important part of this community. You may journal in any way you wish: in a notebook,…

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