Posted in practice, prayer on Nov 29th, 2007 2 Comments »
The Call to Prayer May the Lord Almighty grant me and those I love a peaceful night and a perfect end. Amen.† The Request for Presence Our help is in the Name of the LORD;* the maker of heaven and earth. Psalm 124:8 The Greeting Almighty God, my heavenly Father: I have sinned against [...]
Posted in God on Nov 28th, 2007 2 Comments »
From a fascinating spiritual figure, Sadhu Sundar Singh on whom more information is available on Wikipedia. God never discourages a seeker by judging his or her beliefs to be wrong. Rather, God allows each person to recognize spiritual error or truth by degrees. The story is told of a poor grass cutter who found a [...]
Posted in practice on Nov 27th, 2007 2 Comments »
Call it a hobby, call it whatever, but one of the things I find myself doing now and then is to wander around the Internet looking to listen. I can remember when I was a kid, a million years ago, when I was, perhaps, in 7th grade. Back then, 7th grade had a different time [...]
Posted in God, christian mystic, faith on Nov 26th, 2007 1 Comment »
I’m sure some people out there still remember the blow-up toys of childhood — I think mine was a version of Bozo the Clown — that you could punch and it would spring back up, smiling, happy for another sock on the jaw. It accomplished that small feat by having a weight in it’s base [...]
Posted in jesus on Nov 25th, 2007 5 Comments »
“Every once in a while, life can be very eloquent. You go along from day to day not noticing very much, not seeing or hearing very much, and then all of a sudden, when you least expect it, very often something speaks to you with such power that it catches you off guard, makes you [...]
Posted in God, faith, jesus on Nov 23rd, 2007 7 Comments »
Brian McLaren recounts a story by Athanasius, a sharp guy from the 4th Century, that’s worth pondering. It comes from McLaren’s work a Generous Or+hodoxy. “Once upon a time there was a good and kind king who had a great kingdom with many cities. In one distant city, people took advantage of the freedom the [...]
Posted in general on Nov 22nd, 2007 1 Comment »
I am so very, very grateful to those who visit this site and to those who take the time to comment, offering up encouragement, support and, yes, even disagreement and questioning. I’m also blessed with two children who are absolutely astonishing people; a wife who has kept me going long after, by all rights, I [...]
Posted in prayer on Nov 19th, 2007 No Comments »
Yesterday I mentioned the free ebooks on the site and, in particular, The Imitation of Christ as one that stood out for me at the moment. I thought I’d share a prayer from The Imitation of Christ which addresses knowing the Bible vs. knowing God, knowing the outside world vs. knowing the inner. I hope [...]
Posted in christian mystic, practice, resources on Nov 18th, 2007 No Comments »
With all the attention the blog gets — for which I’m very, very grateful — and the excellent comments (please take the time to comment, it means so much), I don’t want people to lose track of all that’s available on this site. Right now, for instance, I’d like to suggest you take a look [...]
Posted in practice, prayer on Nov 18th, 2007 No Comments »
Drawn from Wikipedia and other public sources: LECTIO DIVINA is an ancient spiritual art that is being rediscovered in our day. It is a way of allowing the Scriptures to become again what God intended that they should be – a means of uniting us to Himself. In lectio divina we discover our own underlying [...]
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Blessings,
Brian Robertson
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