I was reading about routine and was reminded that two thirds of our day is devoted to work and rest, so it is in that remaining third we must pack in prayer, meals, companionship, and here’s the kicker, study.   The author recommends that at least one day a week be devoted to rest and…

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    that it is our outlook that confers values on our experiences, and that nothing that occurs to us is intrinsically good or bad.   The author of Always We Begin Again writes a lot about what he calls the twelve stages of humility. I commend it to you, but I won’t recite the…

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Followers of The Pew know what a big advocate I am for “silence.” The author of the Benedictine Way reminds me that in each day there must be time for silence. “There must be time within which we neither speak or listen, but simply are.” This is harder than one might think.  Our days often begin…

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  Cultivate humility. To be exalted is to be in danger.   One lesson in sports we all learn is “no one can win all the time.” It is a life lesson as well, as a life based on triumph over others will never fulfill. As we meditate this week consider your life and ask…

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A reader had perfect timing as he wrote in and asked, “I know I need to perform good works, but how do I know what I am supposed to do? How do I begin?” My response is: think small at first. When it was time for me to get ready for two a days I…

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