Voices of the Community
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By Grace We Are Christ
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Voices of the Community
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For a few months I have been sitting with this wonderful quotation from Basil Pennington‚Äôs book on Centering Prayer. “By grace we are Christ. Our relationship with God is that [...]
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Nothingness
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Voices of the Community
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This place living in nothing is like my end,my death,and yet I truly feel it is more like the agony of my personality being a nothingness.It is a place I [...]
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My daily practice…
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Voices of the Community
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Breath for the spirit,Meditation for the mind,Yoga for the body,Prayer for the heart,Contemplation for the soul.Everyday. Barbara SullivanThe Colony, TX [...]
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I Checked the Timer
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Some years ago a dear friend gave me a lovely chiming meditation timer encased in a wooden pyramid. You set the timer for the length of time you want to [...]
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Jacalyn’s Psalm
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Voices of the Community
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You gave me unique awarenessat a very young ageBefore I could walkI knew I was different. ~Your Light upon my head I did not stay on the [...]
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Voices of the Community
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This May 2012, a spiritual friend and I made a pilgrimage to Ireland. In our rented mini Nissan we drove from ancient site to ancient site, walking and praying in [...]
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His Silent Valley
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Voices of the Community
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It is another day in the Lord. I step from my room into the silence of the valley – an almost audible silence that is the language of God. The [...]
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Holy Stone
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Voices of the Community
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On a visit to Ireland in June 2012, my wife and I visited Dingle, County Kerry. This Holy Stone, one of many on the Emerald Isle, sits in the street [...]
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No words are needed
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Voices of the Community
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The past two years my family has endured a devastating loss with the passing of my beloved sister. She was stricken suddenly with a terminal illness and endured tremendous amount [...]
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Voices of the Community
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When I am among the trees,especially the willows and the honey locust,equally the beech, the oaks and the pines,they give off such hints of gladness.I would almost say that they [...]
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It helps me remember …
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Voices of the Community
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It can be a challenge to remember all those who have asked for our prayers. I wrote this poem 52 years ago while in the 5th grade, but continue to [...]
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Voices of the Community
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Thought for today: I cannot follow what I can not see! Question for contemplation: Am I “seeing” my life with eyes formed by the Word or by the World? I [...]
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silence
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Voices of the Community
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let us go adore himlet us go implore himmy soulto make us whole let us stopand just dropall attractionsdistractionsaddictionsafflictionspossessionsobsessionsattachmentsinvolvementsall desires worriesanxieties memories –our old self forsake this one decision make:shed [...]
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Voices of the Community
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In 2006, my late wife, Kate, four other psychotherapists, a cognitive behavioral trainer, and myself began a program at Travis County Correctional Center in Austin entitled LifeTools©. It provided psychological, [...]
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Called to the Desert
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Voices of the Community
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Ordinary time is over and now we are presented with a different, sacred time: one of fasting, reflection and penance. This period of Lent mirrors the forty days Christ spent in [...]
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The Time of Lent
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Lent a time to start over a time to take stock a time to see the truth a time to lay it all down Kathleen [...]
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Safe
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I was on a silent retreat sitting outside having a cup of tea watching a little critter poking his head and periodically I’d see dirt flying up out of the [...]
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Voices of the Community
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In gratitude for all of what Thomas Keating and Contemplative Outreach has done in supporting my spiritual growth. My meditation* began with use of the symbol of a cross: [...]
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God’s Embrace
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Voices of the Community
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I’ve been practicing Centering Prayer since early 2008; up until then most of my prayer could be described as some reflection on God, but mostly trying to talk to God [...]
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Ocean Blue
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Voices of the Community
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Drifting grey,Rising blue,Crested white,Golden light.I am notAnd God is. Joanne Alban, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA [...]
