Category: God’s presence
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The breath of God?
I recalled just now my time at the gym yesterday. As I try to do each day when I’m on the treadmill, I prayed and tried to open my consciousness to God’s presence in that place, in each person, even in all the technology of the aerobic machines. It mostly started as a hypothetical quandry:…
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What a gift I received this morning…from God…through Andy Otto at dotMagis
What a gift this blogosphere is or can be. I have struggled in my recent months of busy-ness, feeling guilty about not spending more time in prayer and contemplation, not spending more time here. I’ve asked for God’s help and insight about how to find better balance in my life. I’ve written about it here…
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Being present with God in the world
Upon awaking today I intended to focus on ‘being present.’ It is challenging for me. I can be adept for a while at a sort of consciousness that acknowledges God in my midst and then find that, little by little, I’ve fallen away. Busy schedules, spiritual laziness, life’s distractions. But few of us really are…
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Life is very, very good. Life with God in charge is….heavenly.
It has been so long since I’ve written substantively here…so long since we’ve talked…that it’s hard to know where to start. And, isn’t this always the way where there’s separation, disconnection, distance? We lose our place. We miss important events in one anothers’ lives. We fall out of touch. The “project,” I’ll call it, was…
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Composition of Place in House of Cards
Originally posted on God In All Things: I’ve recently gotten addicted to the Netflix political drama House of Cards, starring Kevin Spacey. Spacey’s character Frank Underwood is a congressman who plays all the political games of bribery and self-interest. It’s not the most ethical or moral storyline, but it is intriguing. Underwood befriends a young…
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Be a FROG – Fully Rely On God
Merton speaks today of “paradox”…of wisdom manifest and yet hidden. He says The words God utters are words full of silence, and they are bait to draw us into silence…If we hide the precepts of God’s wisdom in our heart — precepts of humility, meekness, charity, renunciation, faith, prayer — they themselves will hide us…
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Quiet comes to rest beside me
“Entering into God’s silence,” is Merton’s theme for Monday of the first full week of Lent. He says, that in silence we are formed and prepared so that [we] may speak what [we] have heard. And doesn’t this resonate with all of us who spend our time here in this virtual space? We share our…
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Guilty secrets and Lenten fasting
Lenten fasting is not a tradition that I’ve ever participated in. I never thought it held much for me. And yet, not ever having tried it, how exactly do I to know that? So this year, I’m in. Thomas Merton in Seeking God In All Things says that fasting is not just about losing weight…
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How Are You Spending Yourself and God’s Love?
Great post from Andy Otto. God’s love becomes a currency, ready to be spent in the world. Read the whole post at Spending Yourself | God In All Things.
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(Re) forming habits – One day at a time and be gentle with yourself
Learning to feel God’s presence, I think, is similar to learning to form (or reform) any new habit. You do it over and over until it becomes second nature. When you forget, you acknowledge your forgetfulness, maybe you think about how to avoid messing up in the future, and you move on. Forget the on-going…
Walking With My Brother 