A weekly curated collection of essays, poetry, and reflections for your spiritual journey. From The Wisdom Years.
Attention is the most concrete expression of love.
What we pay attention to thrives.
What we do not pay attention to withers and dies.
What will you pay attention to today?
-Karen Maezen Miller, Hand Wash Cold: Care Instructions for an Ordinary Life
Found in Well for the Journey
Called to Love
What do we do when we are faced with a decision to make? How do we discern what God would have us do? It is a matter of love, says Ruth Haley Barton. The questions to ask is, “What does love call for in this situation? What would love do?”
Come to Me
It’s not so much that the Church is being persecuted these days as it is that so many people are indifferent to the Church. Jesus met the same obstacle, says Br. David Vryhof of Society of St. John the Evangelist. And yet so many are carrying burdens that Jesus would help with if only people knew to ask and were willing to trust.
The Chat Checkout
Few of us willingly choose the slow checkout line at the grocery store. But Dutch grocers now offer a “chat checkout” where people choose the slow lane just for the conversation. The idea is catching on in other locales – in France they are called “Blablabla checkouts.”
Found in Daily Good.
Forest Dwelling
We can age as wise elders, or we can just age. A program from Oblate Seminary in San Antonio, Texas, has as its aim living into the diminishments of aging in such a way that we live our last precious years with more grace, an open heart, and a deeper awareness of the presence of God.
This series of videos shares some of the wisdom offered by the program.
To learn more about Forest Dwelling.
Facing The Unknown
Trust is our currency and wisdom is our direction says Bishop Steven Charleston. “When we follow the Spirit, the unknown is only a bend in the road.”
Found in Joanna Seibert blog.
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