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Thoughts on Creation
Reflection on Chet Raymo, “Borne on a sea of vital dust,” The Boston Globe, June 9, 1997: You — Creator of the cosmic imperative toward chemical complexity, biological bounty, and vital variety; You — Poet of the litany of life, … Continue reading
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Tagged Astronomy, Chet Raymo, Christian de Duve, creation, God, gut bacteria, Stardust, Vital Dust: Life as a Cosmic Imperative
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Summer/Earth
Earth and work and heat and sex and growth and weeds and then: Out of the dirt made of earth and sweat, Out of the hope and trust and labor, Comes the harvest promised to those who live … Continue reading
Building a Personal Prayer 7: The End Is the Beginning
(I apologize for the delay in finishing this series; I’ve been battling a sinus infection.) Amazing God, Everlasting Mother/Father, Patient, persistent, pursuing Lover. You are an awesome God, an all-encompassing, all-invading, all-embracing Presence, And you are here, with me and … Continue reading
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Tagged Abide in Christ, Acts 17:28, Addressing God, Almighty God, anger, bearing fruit, branches, Building a Personal Prayer, building your own personal prayer, Cancer, Carl McColman, Christian Contemplative Prayer, Confession, Creating God, Creative God, desire, everlasting God, Father God, forgive my sins, God, God as lover, God as patient and pursuing, God as stalker, God's call, God’s Presence, Godspell, Holy Spirit, home, John 15:4-5, Mother God, my personal prayer, numinous, pathology, Psalm 139:23-24, Psalm 139:5, Psalm 139:5-6 and 15-16, Psalm 16:5-6 and 11, Psalm 18:1, Psalm 37:4, sanctuary, vine, waiting, Where is your God, Winter Feast for the Soul
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Building a Personal Prayer 5: Where Do You Live?
Amazing God, Everlasting Mother/Father, Patient, persistent, pursuing Lover. You are an awesome God, an all-encompassing, all-invading, all-embracing Presence, And you are here, with me and in me, now. It is in you that I live and move and have my … Continue reading
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Tagged Abide in Christ, bearing fruit, branches, God, God's call, home, John 15:4-5, sanctuary, vine
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Building a Personal Prayer 4: Where Are You?
Creating God, Everlasting Mother/Father, Patient, persistent, pursuing Lover. You are an awesome God, an all-encompassing, all-invading, all-embracing Presence, And you are here, with me and in me, now. It is in you that I live and move and have my … Continue reading
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Tagged Acts 17:28, anger, Building a Personal Prayer, Cancer, God, pathology, waiting
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Nurture Your Gift
Christmastide: Jan 2 Read Mark 4:16-17 and John 15:1-5 The seed that falls on rocky ground without enough soil — and without adequate food and care and nurture and living water — remains rootless and unable to endure trouble. I … Continue reading
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Tagged flight to Egypt, God, John 15:1-5, Mark 4:16-17, meditation, wilderness wanderings
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New Year’s Day: Protect Your Gift by Going Home a Different Way
New Year’s Day 2014 Read Matthew 2:11-18 and Mark 4:1-15 Whenever we learn a new skill or try to establish new habits, we need to practice the skill and do things to create real habits from our new behaviors. It’s different … Continue reading
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Tagged deeper relationship with God, God, Mark 4:1-15, Matthew 2:11-18, New Year, nurture new birth, threats
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New Year’s Eve: Believe in God’s Gift, Even in the Wilderness
New Year’s Eve, Dec 31 Read Exodus 16:2-21, Deuteronomy 2:7 and Mark 1:9-13 The testimony of many people, as well as many of the stories in the Bible, indicate that a time in the wilderness quite often follows the touch … Continue reading
Receiving the Gift of Transforming, Creative Love
Christmas, Dec 27 Read Isaiah. 42:9 What good is it to me if this eternal birth of the divine Son takes place unceasingly but does not take place within myself? And, what good is it to me if Mary is … Continue reading
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Tagged fullness of time, God, Isaiah 42:9, Matthew Fox, Meditations with Meister Eckhart, Meister Eckhart
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Christmas to Epiphany: Accepting God’s Gifts
December 26: Receiving the Gift of Intimate Love Read Hosea 2:14-20, Jeremiah 20:7a-7b “God is like a person who clears his throat while hiding and so gives himself away. God lies in wait for us with nothing so much as … Continue reading
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Tagged Father, fishhook, God, intimate love, lover, Matthew Fox, Meditations with Meister Eckhart, mother
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FIRE in my Heart 