From Cloud Devotion, JUNE 28 When Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs…
Cloud Devotion: June 25 and 26 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it…
In The Farthest Shore, the third book of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea trilogy, Ged makes a key life change…
I began reading a book by Peter Scazzero this past week titled The Emotionally Healthy Leader. I will participate in…
The heavens proclaim the glory of God. The skies display his craftsmanship.Day after day they continue to speak; night after night they…
As I wrote in a blog post on May 11, 2020, one of the classic contemplative spiritual disciplines from ancient…
We were gathered around a campfire, singing Pete Seeger’s song “Turn, Turn, Turn,” a song he wrote in the late…
When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting.…
One of the classic contemplative spiritual disciplines from ancient times is writing a “Rule of Life” or spiritual guidelines for…
Pictures of Spiritual Direction: Gregory’s Pastoral Care Spiritual direction is a contemplative spiritual discipline that calls us into an intentional…
Let nothing disturb you,Let nothing frighten you,All things are passing.God never changes.Patienceobtains all things.Whoever has Godlacks nothing.God is enough. In…
Solitude Reflections When I sit alone in solitude and reflect upon my life, my mind often goes to the edge…
My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me.…
This contemplative spiritual discipline is named after a classic book by a lay-brother monk named Brother Lawrence (1616-1691). Brother Lawrence…
Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than offer the sacrifice…
Praying the “Jesus Prayer” arises from the early church seeking to pray the way St. Paul invites us to pray…
What is lectio divina? Literally, this Latin phrase can be translated as divine reading, or sacred reading. Practically, lectio divina…
I write this post on March 23, in response to the devotional entry for March 23 in Cloud Devotion: Through…
Care of the sick must rank above and before all else, so that they may truly be served as Christ,…
The following questionnaire comes from Leslie Vernick’s book, The Emotionally Destructive Relationship: Seeing It, Stopping it, Surviving it (Harvest House,…
If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the…
DISCERNMENT TESTS Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God.…
What or who is the “blazing center” of your life? Around what “blazing center” does your life orbit? What is…
The “Prayer of The Cloud” is a title given to an approach to prayer based upon The Cloud of Unknowing,…