The soul craves deep connection, but getting there isn’t always straightforward.
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Independence is not a path that leads to deep connection. And yet, so often that’s the gravel road we travel.
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Learning to love not in part, but in full, in the simple moments of everyday life.
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Slowing down has had its advantages, but over the last two weeks, I’ve had a nagging feeling that I am falling behind.
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Change that lasts can’t come all at once. Here are a few ways we are moving toward a slower-paced lifestyle—a beginning, but certainly not the end.
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How our family is recalibrating in the new year, adjusting our lives to a slower way.
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I fought back tears as I watched him in the restaurant. The man couldn’t have been any older than fifty or sixty at most, and yet his body curved like a much-older man. His back was stooped over, his shoulders tight, his knees looked like they might buckle beneath him. It appeared as if even standing caused him pain.
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Last night I awoke to the sound of a door opening down the hall. Bare feet made their way toward our bedroom. My head lifted off the pillow to see our eight-year-old son at the end of our bed.
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To push past all that stands to divide us and the watered-down community we’ve come to accept, “life together” has to be more than a party line. Our souls ache for more.
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Three ways to approach the holidays when gathering isn’t easy.
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A SHORT-BUT-TRUE STORY. The sky was dark, but not dark enough. I could see the weariness in my neighbor’s eyes as she told me about the breast cancer.
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THE SACRED INVITATION IN EVERYDAY THINGS. How paying attention to and pursuing the things that stir our souls point us to the love of the Father.
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A list of additional resources for moving toward authentic, daily relationship with God and with people.
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“YOU CAN’T HAVE ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER” Pursuing presence with God and with people is not mutually exclusive. We need them both.
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“COMMUNION WITH GOD” Humanity didn’t need a quick fix, but a sacred communion with the Divine.
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“INTENTIONALITY” We are people in need of presence, of proximity to both God and to each other. And right now, in the age of pandemic, none of our usual substitutes are working.
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“A STARTING POINT” I don’t pretend to have answers, not a pill to dull the pain produced by our inability to even breathe the same air. But I’m ready to ask the questions…
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