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Coffeehouse Contemplative
July 13, 2018
A spirituality that grows to discover God in everything and everyone is what unfolds in Coffeehouse Contemplative, the 2016 book by Jeffrey A. Nelson, portrays the way of spiritual direction based on the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola.
Life of prayer, life of worship
July 10, 2018
The spiritual life involves seeking for value (the paradigm is prayer) and celebrating value (the paradigm is worship). When celebration predominates, the experiences of seeking, striving, and struggling are transformed.
After a spiritual experience is over
March 23, 2018
The light went on, / So bright. / It burned brightly / For only a few minutes. The light became too bright, / And burned itself out. / The lightbulb burst, Sending glass shards everywhere. /
The Faith of Being and the Exercise of Faith
March 17, 2018
A living faith is a growing faith, and sometimes on the journey the next step is a big step. When we struggle with a big step, we need to exercise the faith that we have.
Faith as evidence?
March 7, 2018
Faith opens us so that spiritual truths and spirit beings can present themselves for recognition and relationship.
Mitsuko Uchida’s art of living
February 9, 2018
Last evening I attended a concert with the purpose of learning more about music, art, and life. And I was supremely rewarded.
The Art of Living
January 1, 2018
The Last Jedi takes the viewer from emotions of conflict to the thought of the triumph of higher wisdom and spirituality. Philosophy is conceptual, an art of thinking, harmonizing higher and lower values. But the art of living is practice, action, doing. In the art of living beauty pervades the process, and divine love motivates the course of action.
Soul Surge of Wholeheartedness
December 21, 2017
The tip of the iceberg: wholeheartedness in its fullness is an experience of the soul, which implicitly includes the heart, mind, and strength. But what is the heart? And what is the soul, and how do we identify the soul in human experience? What is going on when we are half-hearted? And what can our own will-power contribute?
Universal Thanksgiving
November 23, 2017
Here’s the 3-minute podcast version Giving thanks, on this special day and everyday, goes better when we count also those blessings that are enjoyed universally–at least available to be enjoyed by every person. Think about it. What would you list? Which are the greatest of these?