A weekly curated collection of essays, poetry, and reflections for your spiritual journey. From The Wisdom Years.
Both the gospels and science are showing us the potential of finding short interludes of time to be still, to let go, and to create that nanosecond of pause that can open us to the power of God in us to transform our lives and the world around us.
-Caroline Oakes, Practice the Pause
Synchronicity
Have you ever been feeling blue and lonely when suddenly your best friend calls? Carl Jung called it synchronicity. We call it “a God thing.”
From Joanna Seibert.
Mastering the Art of Forgiveness
We’ve been told over and over that the person most being harmed when we refuse to forgive is us. But, says Dr. Robert Leichtman, forgiveness is more than demonstrating our good manners in words and gestures of kindness.
From Insight Timer.
Life-changing Witness: The Feast of St Alban
The story says that St. Alban was converted to Christianity by watching and listening to a priest at prayer. Perhaps the Christianity that we show by our lives will bring others into God’s kingdom in ways we may never know.
Knowing Our Neighbors
Do we more easily care for our neighbors whom we know than for total strangers? Do we not recognize the dignity of every person in each of them? Can we at least not look away?
When Birds Nest in the Doorway, Go Out the Window
What would you do if mama birds were sitting on nests above both of the doors into your house? This family grabbed a ladder and went in and out the kitchen window.
Found in Daily Good.
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