Prayer is not asking for what you think you want, but asking to be changed in ways you can’t imagine.
00088 – Prayer and Change
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00075 – Prayer: Opening Ourselves to God
We may think of prayer as thoughts or feelings expressed in words. But this is only one expression. . . . Prayer is the opening of mind and heart—our whole being—to God, the Ultimate Mystery, beyond thoughts, words, and emotions. Through grace we open our awareness to...
00048 – God Is God
It helps me to remember that Jesus prayed for a miracle on the night before He died. “For you all things are possible,” he prayed to his Abba. “Remove this cup from me.” Only when he opened his eyes the cup was still there. Did he lack faith? I do not think so. The...
00045 – Practicing Dying
When I was a medical school professor, I invited my students to view their own experiences of sickness and medical care as a way to empathize with their patients’ experiences. Like them, we can prepare for our dying by “practicing” dying in response to situations of...
00023 – Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People
We must not be led to believe that the Disciplines are only for spiritual giants and hence beyond our reach, or only for contemplatives who devote all their time to prayer and meditation. Far from it. God intends the Disciplines of the spiritual life to be for...
00014 – The Stuff of Prayer
“How was your day?”…A mother I know has a different way of asking the same question. As she tucks her children into bed each night, she asks them a question: “Where did you meet God today?” And they tell her, one by one: a teacher helped me; there was a homeless...