It is never too soon to be kind, for we never know when it will be too late. — Grandma Danny. Whatever one reads for inspiration — the Bible, the Torah, the Koran, the poetry of Rumi, the words of Confucius, etc. — I have come to understand it needs to be a living breathing text.…

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“…he was like a man who stands upon a hill above the town he had left, yet does not say ‘The town is near,’ but turns his eyes upon the distant soaring ranges.” ― Thomas Wolfe, Look Homeward, Angel Who amongst us hasn’t set our sights on the “distant soaring ranges” and turned away from what we…

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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.