Staring Contest That Is Spiritual Direction

by | Aug 26, 2016 | Faith-Related

I located this post in my blog drafts. It’s worth my reading it as I prepare for the coming days. Even though it’s six years old, it feels relevant! “If you fall asleep while you’re praying, you are either too busy or you are running from...

Chapel Prayers

by | Aug 20, 2016 | Faith-Related

A little out of time with the season in one sense but appropriate in another given how the days are filling and changing. May this prayer fit the growth cycles in your life, too: As the days are lengthening and the earth spends longer in the light of each day, grant O...

When Suicide Happens

by | Aug 18, 2016 | Faith-Related

I’ve read of the suicides of many people in the past, and no such story is a good story. Whether it’s a person who’s in the public eye or a person who was hardly noticed, we lose a person. A mother devastated by her toddler’s death. An actor...

A Lesson You Taught

by | Aug 4, 2016 | Faith-Related

I had reason to think of you the other day. At first the same old stinging feeling came with the memory of you, and then it left the way a person walks through an open door that closes automatically. I was glad that the pain we held between us didn’t stay long....

Prayer for Compassion

by | Aug 2, 2016 | Faith-Related

Compassionate One, when I am irritated or discouraged by how my loved one responds or does not respond, fill me with compassion and kindness. When memories of unpleasant experiences of the past return, assist me in extending forgiveness. Help me, also, to be kind to...