Tag: sacrifice
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The Glory of God*
Living,I breathe in the nature of God. It is all around me,as His heart beats in blades of grass beneath my bare feet on a cool summer nightin gathered kin around the table sharing a sumptuous meal in falling snow blanketing this world, desperate for rest;forif I breathe it not there, there is no glory.If…
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My Judas
A troubled man once wrote: “To be or not to be – that is the question.” Ever since his quill hit the linenthose words have wafted through the air – portrayed on raised stages whispered by the lost cried through tears of despair.And once they were mine as well. Today I pray a request to…
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Whose Are We?
Isn’t it all just a tad exhausting? The information at our fingertips—is it real or reliable or robotic? What is the point of knowing more if what we know now leaves us wanting? How many degrees does it take how many facts must we know how often must the other tell us we are right…
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The Sloth in the Darkness
What’s most terrifying haunting unbearable considering the darkest seasons of life? The loneliness desperation injustice evil? The absent ones arrogance viciousness of others? Or, when I go there now with eyes wide open is it the me that I see – she who embraced the madness relied on the lies remained chained in the dungeon…
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Apatheia
Oh, my dear one,how long will you go on paying*in self-pitybitternessand condemnation? Don’t you know thatdetachment fromthe ways of this world is debt-free?*With thanks to the wisdom of the desert fathers (see Thomas Merton’s The Wisdom of the Desert: Sayings from the Desert Fathers of the Fourth Century, p. 39)
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Be the Revelation
As one all too familiar with separation from God I can report with certainty this absolute truth: a peaceful one cannot transmit peace with words. Alas, a peaceful one cannot transmit peace with silence. Peace is only and always forever transmitted by living the Christ Spirit.
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The Martyrs
An enormous truck’s flatbed well above my head sat beside me in traffic. Piled high were broad, healthy, stunning logs smiling down at me,whose circumference – stretched out in length – might very well guide me all the way Home. In a flash, I knew that they knew their time of sacrifice had come. Like…
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As I Awaken, I Pray
Oh Lord, my God the one who saved me from my self,slay also now the subtle ones that reign within—fear masked as prudencejudgment masked as righteousnessself-doubt masked as humility.These foes know me far too intimately.They lay in wait on the path You have laid before mewith lies buried as deepasthe roots of a sturdy oak…
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Theosis
This gift You give me here today—in fact given every day before and left unopened—now envelopes all of me. I cannot unwrap it in words.I can only live it, and whisper “thank You” all throughout this ordinary day.
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Note to Readers:
I am thrilled to report that my most recent book, Sonbathing: Basking in the Word of God, is available for purchase via Amazon and WestBow Press’s website. Below is the publisher’s description of the book, but I will say here to you, my loyal readers, that this book came from a place deep within myself…