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Lenten Prayer Practice – Day Twenty-Four
Lenten Prayer Practice – Day Twenty-Four Nicole

How can I practice #grace today? #MakeEverythingBeautiful #U2 Holy Trinity, center me now that I may notice Your creative intention, nest in the broad, safe space of Your presence, and intentionally nurture another with the same. What word or phrase do I notice on which I may center: Luke 1:35-38 The angel replied, “The Holy…

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Lenten Prayer Practice – Day Twenty-Two
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How might I attend today’s #journey? #BePresent #LiveTheJourney Holy Trinity, center me now that I may notice Your creative intention, nest in the broad, safe space of Your presence, and intentionally nurture another with the same. What word or phrase do I notice on which I may center: Psalm 40: 5-10 O Lord my God, you have…

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Lenten Prayer Practice – Day Twenty
Lenten Prayer Practice – Day Twenty Nicole

Where do I need to go to #rest so I may hear God’s voice today? Mk6:31 @alchemycork Holy Trinity, center me now that I may notice Your creative intention, nest in the broad, safe space of Your presence, and intentionally nurture another with the same. What word or phrase do I notice on which I…

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Lenten Prayer Practice – Day Seventeen
Lenten Prayer Practice – Day Seventeen Nicole

What of me am I #afraid to expose? #ParkerPalmer #LoveWins 1Jn4:18 Holy Trinity, center me now that I may notice Your creative intention, nest in the broad, safe space of Your presence, and intentionally nurture another with the same. What word or phrase do I notice on which I may center: Psalm 95:1-5, 8 Come,…

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A Case for Faith
A Case for Faith 150 150 Nicole

Today’s Ignatian reading is taken from Jeremiah 17:5-10, and the question was asked, “Do you extend your roots to the streams of water? where do you find it hard to trust God?” I have an autoimmune disease that is beginning to show more outward obvious signs of its nefarious campaign against my body. It has…

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Mindfulness and the Car Radio
Mindfulness and the Car Radio 150 150 Nicole

Writing can be a very lonely vocation. The struggle to craft words that faithfully describe thoughts, an epiphany, musings, a deeply formulated conviction . . . and effectively communicate even an approximation of the idea to the reader . . . well, it can be excruciating and exhausting. The process does not even begin to…

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Mindfulness and Politics
Mindfulness and Politics 150 150 Nicole

The New Oxford American Dictionary defines politics, “the activities associated with the governance of a country or other area, especially the debate or conflict among individuals or parties having or hoping to achieve power.” It is concerned with the theory of governance, but is most often motivated by the status and power of individuals within…

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Words and Creation
Words and Creation 150 150 Nicole

At present I am reading in the book of Zechariah. It is a bit more hopeful than the wrath prophecies of the preceding Zephaniah and Haggai. What strikes me most is the frequency with which grace and peace occur, as well as, the focus on the concepts of mercy and truth (Zech 8:19). And when the prophet…

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Time and Metaphor for Grief
Time and Metaphor for Grief 150 150 Nicole

Recently, I came across a book by Finnish author, Johanna Sinisalo, The Core of the Sun. The story is a present-day dystopian feminist-ish social critique, and it is not for the prim or easily embarrassed. But, she writes a beautiful, penetrating description of grief, at once metaphor and exact. And, while grief is not the…

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Breathe: Life and Generosity, Suffering and Joy
Breathe: Life and Generosity, Suffering and Joy 150 150 Nicole

One of the contributors to the On Being blog, Omid Safi, recently spoke to suffering and finding joy therein. Safi found that, as a human experience, openness to suffering opens one to another’s suffering. He draws from Rumi: This being human is a guest house Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness,…

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