Centering

Centering

________ One: a prayer

Ineffable One, there is a haze of wanton disregard fogging the window to my soul; a fog of discontent that swirls around my deepest knowing; an arrogant knowing where, in it’s place, I need unknowing. Holy One, relieve me of foolish trust in my ability to live in perfection. Let loose the hounds of irreducible …

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Being found again in a poem

Music, writing, and poetry have always been the primary means by which I engage the Holy. More correctly, it is God’s way of assuring access to me, to my deepest parts. Perhaps it is the same for you?

My big prayer experiment, continued

“The mysterious geography of prayer must begin in the cracks and fissures of the human spirit before it gets the added benefit of the babbling brook heard just outside the monastery gates.”

When Contemplatives Fall Off the Wagon

In the rush and tumble of our normal daily pace, how do we make intentional time for stillness and presence? Here’s how I’m learning how, after falling off the contemplation wagon.

Returning to the Presence

I am so grateful that it is also so easy to center, to remember, to return to the safety of God’s arms.

The Art of Letting Go….

…we don’t even begin to have it all  together. That’s why it’s so important to center ourselves in Christ…