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Welcoming God with Open Arms

While Lent is sometimes thought of as a season to give up something, this Lent comes after a year of pandemic and unrest that has many feeling like they’ve already given up a lot. For some it has meant no in-person visits with family or friends for close to a year. Some have lost jobs. […]

March 03, 2021 by Mary van Balen 1 Comment
Categories: Community, Compassion, Contemplation in Action, Contemplative Leadership, Contemplative Living, Contemplative Reading, Contemplative Spirituality, Continuous Prayer, Coronavirus, Lent, Listening, Loss, Love, Non-duality, Pandemic, Personal Spiritual Deepening, Prayer, Self Compassion, Service, Spiritual Deepening, spiritual direction, spiritual discipline, spiritual growth, spirituality at work, and spirituality in community. Tags: awareness, body prayer, community, compassion, contemplation, contemplative tradition, Covid Lent, Deep listening, discernment, Geroge Herbert, God, grief, grounding, healing, Holy Presence, hope, Hospitality, Inspiration, Jerry May, Lent, listening, love, Mary van Balen, meaning of contemplative, Mr. Rogers, peace, prayer, presence, Receptivity, silence, spiritual growth, spiritual practice, spirituality, suffering, The Dark Night of the Soul, trust, and Welcoming God. Formats: Friday Blog. Interest Areas: Friday Blog.
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