When you hear the term a “life of prayer and meditation” do you think about individual requests or an entire life turned toward God and dependent on him/her? A life of prayer expects no rewards and excludes self-congratulations. Instead a life of prayer includes openness, faith, and dependence on other’s prayer’s. A life of prayer…

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  Adventure is not outside a man; it is within. — David Grayson Whether its a quiet prayer, a morning’s walk in the woods, or a meditation in a relaxing chair with a cup of coffee, I find that time exploring the within, one of the best times of my day. Meditation, in whatever form, takes you…

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  Meditate on that which is beyond words and symbols. Forsake the demands of the self. By such forsaking you will live serenely. — Sutta Nipata     I can’t tell you how many times I enter prayer or meditation overwhelmed by personal needs and concerns. The Buddhist truism puts me in my place.    In…

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Several readers have written in asking what I mean by meditation when I say the Lenten season is about “prayer, meditation, fasting, and service.” Do I mean “sitting in a room, legs crossed, chanting some mantra?” Here is a rough explanation. I am sure many of you have a better one, and please send it…

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We must believe the things we teach our children. — Woodrow Wilson   How nice it would be if I only uttered what I believed. Maybe President Wilson was suggesting I practice this unique way of speaking with my children to get the hang of it. Or maybe he was reminding us that children have a…

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