Soul Tending 101 – Catching Your Breath With God

In caring for your soul, here is a technique that can be used anywhere and at any time.  You can do this while sitting at your desk at the office, whenever the phone rings or you get pinged for a message, while sitting in traffic or at a stoplight, or at the beginning or end [...]

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Praying the News: The Imbalance of Water

Today, there are levees breaking along the Mississippi River; people are racing to hold back the water.
 
Today, there are fires raging in California; people are racing to hold back the flames.
 
Let us pray for all those who suffer and struggle to survive the imbalance of water, from flooding or fire. 
 
Let us pray for all [...]

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Bible and the Spirit: Jeremiah 29:11

“For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.”
Jeremiah 29:11 NRSV
 

In praying with this passage, how are your plans in sync with God’s? What are your plans with God?

 

What areas of your life is God calling [...]

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Enwrapped by God

At a very chaotic moment in my life,
I asked you O God, to be present with me…
to help me keep things in perspective…..
(Did I really know what I was asking for?)
 
As silence flooded my heart,
I felt your Spirit encircle and enwrap me;  
You surrounded me like a warm, quilted blanket,
and held [...]

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There’s a Wideness in God’s Grace

The national news last evening had an interesting report on religion throughout the US population.  This report highlighted some of the findings from the Pew Forum’s US Religious Landscape Survey results published in February 2008.  The issue emphasized last night was that most Americans are strongly religious and also respect the different faith traditions, believing [...]

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Soul Tending 101 – Taking Care of Your Spirit in 2 Easy Steps with Nature

A few days ago I spent some time taking photos of a multitude of flowers that were in full bloom. I took hundreds of close-ups through a Nikon lens.  While I was reviewing the photos, I paid attention to the beauty of these flowers and the exquisiteness in each plant.  While paying attention to the [...]

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Respect and Tim Russert

I had lunch today with a business colleague, and I talked about how much I liked Tim Russert, a political news analyst of NBC and Meet the Press, who died suddenly at the age of 58, and whose memorial service was today.  Politics can be such a divisive issue and yet Tim could make any [...]

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