A question is often asked “How should I pray.” Jesus answered by giving us the Lord’s Prayer. Grandma Danny has glued to the first page of her Bible her prayer. Thought you’d enjoy and use. My Prayer   To keep alive my faith when evil seems overpowering; to know that heartaches have been the heartaches…

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My EFM classmates know how much I enjoy the mystery and complexity of God. It is easy to observe the world only as far as we want to see and as narrowly as our intellect will allow. We should welcome the stress and strain that the mystery and complexity places on us, but often we…

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Several weeks ago I wrote a few posts about Buddhist’s Worldly Winds and Equanimity. Courtesy of my friend Rob who passed on Richard Rohr’s discussion of the Four Stages of Life in Hinduism. “Hinduism teaches there are four major stages of life: 1- the student, 2- the householder, 3- the forest dweller (the “retiree” from business as…

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Why do we meditate/pray? Meditation/Prayer opens up our hearts to endless possibilities. Meditation/Prayer unchains our shackled minds to miraculous possibilities. Meditation/Prayer lifts the human spirit closer to God.

Last Sunday James 1-12 was read in church. The author reminds us that small objects guide many large things — horse bits, ships rudders, and small fires set ablaze great forests. But the author places special emphasis on the tongue saying “it stains the whole body” and that “no one can tame the tongue —…

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