Postures

“ When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.” ~ Audre Lorde

How do you connect strength and vision?

Interludes

A change of pace, a new experience or foreign culture reorients us and can help refocus when we have been caught up in our own little world.

What interrupts or disrupts your life enough that the weight of the world is lifted off your shoulders and God meets you in new or unexpected ways?

Practicing

“Try to put well into practice what you already know; and in so doing, you will, in good time, discover the hidden things which you now inquire about. Practice what you know, and it will help to make clear what now you do not know.” ~ Rembrandt Van Rijn

What are you practicing to discover what you don’t know?

Treasure map

I was creating faith treasure maps with the youth the other evening. Some messy fun with paper, tea, coffee, flame and ponderings. What are the openings along the path? What are the stuck or treacherous places?

Who are the people, places, stories, and songs that lead you deeper towards God?

True prayer

“So true prayer demands that we be more passive than active; it requires more silence than words, more adoration than study, more concentration than rushing about, more faith than reason. We must understand thoroughly that true prayer is a gift from heaven to earth…” ~ Carlo Carretto

How do you receive?