Tag: Brother Lawrence
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If God is everywhere equally present, then…
He can be found, felt…perceived in any place. Henri Nouwen, Thomas Merton, Brother Lawrence, St Ignasius, and countless others, past and present, tell us how and where to find God, to hear His directions and desires for our lives. This morning I was reading Nouwen’s book Discernment: Reading the Signs of Daily Life. In today’s…
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‘In the midst of the thicket,’ we’ve not necessarily lost our way. Let our friends reassure us.
These are the two take-aways for me from In gratitude to friends, Mags Blackie, most recent post. This message is particularly comforting to me just now. My interior life, this blog are being sorely challenged just now and for the foreseeable future, as life has seemed to intervene with priorities that can’t be set aside.…
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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…
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Doing all things with God, Doing all things for God
Brother Lawrence is a gift from God (drawing from Wikipedia) He name is reasonably familiar – to people who know it. But, for many Brother Lawrence is an obscure figure. Not much is known about him. Still, what we do know is of such value to faith seekers that there’s a part of me that…
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Christmas Letters to my Lord-Part II
Where were You, Father, in this annual Christmas celebration? I ask this knowing You haven’t gone anywhere, but knowing also that keeping pace with all my various deadlines (how apropos is this word in this context?) made feeling Your presence a challenge. Amongst all the merriment and the bounty of this season, where were You,…
Walking With My Brother 