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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
More Fire in My Heart
You are on fire Oh Lord, and I burn. Oh pain, oh infinitely happy love! Oh sweet fire! Oh sweet flames! And would You wish my heart to become a flame? Oh, I have found the flame that destroys and … Continue reading
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Other One
Inspired by this praise song: “I love you Lord, And I lift my voice….” http://www.songlyrics.com/laurie-klein/i-love-you-lord-lyrics/ Eyeless, earless Other One,You nonetheless and evermoreKnow me. You see all the edges of my being;You hear the lies of my mouth;You feel into every nook … Continue reading
My Sacred Story
“Faith is not expected to give complete satisfaction to the intellect. It leaves the intellect suspended in obscurity, without a light proper to its own mode of knowing. Yet it does not frustrate the intellect, or deny it, or destroy … Continue reading
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Tagged God, Holy Spirit, incarnation, Judaeo-Christian Scriptures, law, laws, love, prescription, Presence of God, Sacred story, sacrifice, spirit, Thomas Merton, Word of God
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Sounds of God
I. The Sound of the Presence of God (waiting for pathology report) I have a pulse, my heart still beats. Cancer hasn’t killed me yet.In the silence my ears hear the sound of my own blood. That gentle, quiet, persistent … Continue reading
Teach Me New Ways
Teach me: to seek security less and solitude more, to spend less time doing well and more time being still. Teach me: to care less about success and more about service, to think less about right beliefs and more about … Continue reading
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Tagged compassion, delight, effort, faithfulness, fear, God, love, praise, prayer, right belief, Security, service, solitude, stillness, success
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Prayer 1
When I trust You and fall in love with You, then You change in ways that show me how limited a God I love, and I have to learn to trust and love You all over again! Forgive the poverty … Continue reading
FIRE in my Heart 