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Great things
If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way. ~Martin Luther King Jr.
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Spiritual Awakening and Addiction Recovery
Today’s post is by Tom Adams At lunch at the Gerald May seminar, Compassion of the Mystics, I was at a table where 12-Step meetings and recovery were being discussed. Having been a student and beneficiary of 12-Step groups for over 30 years, my ears perked up. A lunch table friend was describing how someone…
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Mistakes
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. ~Albert Einstein
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Pilgrimage: Going and Returning
Today’s post is by Carole Crumley Happy are the people whose strength is in you! Whose hearts are set on the pilgrims’ way. –Psalm 84 Pilgrimage is one of the spiritual practices that is common to many of the great faith traditions. Muslims, Jews, Christians, Hindus, Buddhists and many others find their common ground in…
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Cultivating Contemplative Conversations
Article by Margaret Benefiel (December 2018 eNews) In conversations with our “contemplative cousins,” both in follow-up discussions since the August 2017 Snowmass gathering where 20 young contemplatives gathered and in other settings, the question often arises, “What method of prayer does Shalem teach? Contemplative Outreach teaches Centering Prayer, World Community for Christian Meditation teaches the…
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The life that is
Too often in a search for a richer life, a fuller life, one’s eyes become blinded to the immediate wonder of the life that is. ~Gerald May