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In Time of Crisis, A guest post by Kathleen Weller
Today’s post is a treat. Kathleen Weller, director of Peace River Spirituality Center in Naples, Florida is a godly woman with a true heart for prayer and simply being still before God. With her permission I have been allowed to repost this recent post from her blog, The Celtic Monk. I found it a much needed reminder that the path through crisis in her words is ” through the very heart of God–seeking, … Read entire article »
Filed under: focus, meditation, prayer, Uncategorized
Entering a Season of Listening
I haven’t posted much lately. In fact, I think I had a record stretch of about 10 days without posting. That’s not a record I would like to break. I made numerous false starts at posts and the words just would not come. Sermons were even harder. I opted not to post rather than contrive content. I try not to write unless my heart is in it and it … Read entire article »
Filed under: meditation, prayer
Making Time to Breath
If you don’t have time to do it right now, when will you have time to fix it later? This quote, remembered from long ago, surfaced in my mind as I walked away from my car Friday morning. The car, parked in front of a stranger’s house, sat waiting with an empty tank for me while I trudged back home on foot. I wasn’t far, may be a mile and a half, but … Read entire article »
Filed under: meditation, simplicity/sustainable living
Powerful Prayer though Visualizing
A number of years ago, I listened to a tape series about prayer by Richard Foster, author of Celebration of Discipline. One lesson that stood out to me and made a marked difference in my prayer life was his recommendation to visualize prayer. There are at least four beneficial shifts you will experience if you strive to visualize your prayers. First, specificity. When you take time to vividly imagine what your prayer would look like answered and lift that image with all its details upto God you tend to be far more specific in what you pray. For example, I had an extremely unruly Sunday School class of Junior High kids once. (Okay, may be more than just once) I was about to give up on the class and it was … Read entire article »
Filed under: focus, meditation, prayer, Uncategorized
Meditation for the A.D.D. Soul
For most people the word meditation summons up images of sitting motionlessly for hours on end humming at the universe while staring at a candle. That’s one form of meditation, but at a more rudimentary level, meditation is simply sustained attention. Today I want you to rethink meditation in terms of dwelling on something for a season in order to internalize it. In recent posts, I have encouraged you to thinking on, ponder or dwell on … Read entire article »
Filed under: meditation, mindset
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