There are two ways to live in a world that is often dark and full of tears. We can curse the darkness or we can light a light.
May we all help light up the world.
-Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, To Heal A Fractured World
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God Is Always More
Fully one-third of scripture is given over to dreams, visions, prophecies and other of God’s non-rational revelations. It takes a little effort to sort through and understand what God might be saying in these words, but if we seek we will find that God is more, always more.
King Herod and the Wise Men – A Christmas Challenge
“To bless another person is to give away some of one’s own life so that the other might be more resourced for his or her journey,” says Fr. Ron Rolheiser. That is what the Wise Men did. Good elders do that for the young, he adds.
From the blog of Ron Rolheiser.
Are We Open to Awe?
“I think people who live their lives open to awe and wonder have a much greater chance of meeting the Holy than someone who goes to church but doesn’t live in an open way,” says Richard Rohr. “Healthy religion, which always makes space for Mystery, gives us a foundational sense of awe.”
Get Alone
In this excerpt from a sermon by Charles Spurgeon, preached in 1886, we are encouraged to find time for silence and solitude with God. “Set apart some time every day, or at least some time as often as you can get it,” says Spurgeon, “in which the business of your mind shall be to take your longitude and latitude, that you may know exactly where you are.”
From Renovare.
What Brings a Person to God is Holy – Whether You Like It or Not
It was a very ordinary tree – not very tall, kind of battered-looking – but it held significance for the old Jesuit, and that made it important. Sometimes what is important to another can become important to us too.
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