Finding the Presence of God The most holy and necessary practice in our spiritual life is the presence of God. — Brother Lawrence We might refer to this age-old mystic mantra in our time as God-consciousness, awakened life, spiritual awareness, mindfulness, or the like. As I write these few lines, I can hear birds just […]
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A Mystic Man in Rags An old man dressed in rags, thought to be a street beggar, lays seriously injured beside a tram track in Barcelona on 7 June 1926. Given his perceived lowly status, most folks initially give the unconscious body a wide berth. Eventually some kind souls come to his aid and the
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The pace of grace is a slow horse race Despite my various efforts each day, to live a life conformed to God’s code of radically inclusive love. I still experience the ravages of my ever-active ego. I am not free entirely from what a famous sober booze hound called Bill Wilson described as the bondage
Real heroes often arrive in shabby shoes I recall standing opposite an exceedingly ordinary looking frail old man one morning many years ago. We were both sorting apples on either side of a conveyor belt in an apple factory on a Kibbutz in Northern Israel. Given his advanced age, I wondered whether he might be
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