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Getting older is getting freer
“Why bother.” “You’re only going to fail.” “No one will support this.” Being obedient to God can be daunting. For one thing, if I am honest with myself, even when I sense very strongly that God is calling me to … Continue reading
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Tagged 12-step spirituality, hope, mercy, Merton Prayer, new ministry, recovery, simple prayer, spiritual growth, Thomas Merton
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Truth-telling and other brave acts
A dear friend told me recently, “You are very brave.” My inner critic was quick to tell me: Brave? Possibly. Or perhaps you are mildly crazy or deluded. I kept my mouth shut, but hoped my friend was right. My friend’s … Continue reading
What we are made for.
Hoping against hope, he believed that he would become ‘the father of many nations’, according to what was said, ‘So numerous shall your descendants be.’ He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was already … Continue reading
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Tagged 12-step spirituality, church planting, community, forgiveness, hope, Romans 4:18-21, simple prayer
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Wide open spaces
Vulnerability has been on my mind a lot lately. In our culture, we get a lot of encouragement and advice to help us avoid being vulnerable. In business or at war, we are trained to identify vulnerabilities, to protect or … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 Steps, 12-step spirituality, holy ground, hope, recovery, spiritual growth
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Overcoming the great divide
In Hope Against Darkness, Richard Rohr discusses and unfolds the theology of St. Francis of Assisi. He speaks of the freedom found in coming to know that we are nothing. And that God is everything. He describes this as the … Continue reading
Sweepings of wheat
Hear this, you that trample on the needy, and bring to ruin the poor of the land, saying, “When will the new moon be over so that we may sell grain; and the sabbath, so that we may offer wheat … Continue reading
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Tagged 12-step spirituality, Amos, hope, mercy, option for the poor, spiritual growth
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Edge of heaven
This Sunday, we will encounter John the Baptist, the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, urging us to repent, to turn and be baptized. What a sight this cousin of Jesus must have been, this young man from … Continue reading
Anoint and cheer our soiled face
Strange words for a Thanksgiving morning, this sliver of a verse from the Veni Creator (Latin, Ninth Century, translated by John Cosin): Anoint and cheer our soiled face, With the abundance of thy grace. At many dinner tables today – whether in … Continue reading
Posted in 12-step spirituality, Diocese of Florida, Episcopal church, faith, peace
Tagged 12 Steps, 12-step spirituality, hope, recovery, simple prayer, St. Clare, Thanksgiving
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A bit of goat
Pictured here is a photo of my great uncle Newman, taken many years ago at his farm near Santiago, Chile. Newman developed quite a reputation as a leader in “the goat business.” He was held in high esteem for developing … Continue reading
A doorway called lament
This morning’s Daily Office includes Psalm 88. Despite my resistance to it, I was pulled into this poetry of deep lament and carried forward to the final words: Darkness is my only companion. The conveniences and devices of modern life … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 Steps, 12-step spirituality, 7th Step, hope, inner darkness, recovery, simple prayer
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