By Thom Temperli As constant as greed has been in human history, its collective human face has been very publically exposed in recent years. If you had to name your top five greediest people or companies, I’m sure it wouldn’t take long to do. That unchecked greed, even in our free market democracy, is no [...]
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The sound of silence opens into song, with stars leading to the Light of the World made visible in the human field of flesh and form. This ecstasy of love leaps forth through eternity into time to be for us the hope of love lived to give all for all; that it may become the [...]
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God of the humble: With Mary, the mother of Jesus, we dedicate our inner being to the shelter and cultivation of the living Christ. Overshadow us with your Spirit of Life, and bring to bear through us this day a further incarnation of light, life and love. We, the simple and unadorned. We the masses. [...]
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Infused with Christmas beauty, we feel your loving presence. Your prophets are calling. And we are preparing a space for grace in us. We willingly surrender to you. May this Advent season crescendo with luminosity; bearing the light of Christ, made beautiful by love through humbled hearts. No longer just poetry or song, we awake [...]
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O God: May our words reveal the presence of love. May our understanding deepen through silence. Expand the meaning of each word of scripture so that it leads us to the fullness of wisdom enlightening our being and casting illumination upon our present and future way of living. Your work in us and our [...]
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Holy God, Name beyond all Names: Your Love announces to our innermost fears and insecurities an intention to transform us into vessels of your Life. With Mary we surrender to the overshadowing presence of Spirit raising us to meet our unexpected destiny as bearers of Christ. Through this silent formation you touch our lives so [...]
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The season of Advent began yesterday with the first Sunday of Advent. During Advent we recall the appearance of the Lord among us as Emmanuel on the stage of human history. Yet Advent is not just about history. The church also waits and ponders again the mystery of the Incarnation and its ongoing personal implication [...]
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Southern Wind of Christ: Fill me with the warmth of love to be among the poor and broken not as a giver of something they need but as someone who sees faces and bodies as Eucharist in our midst. In emptiness, you rush in. In brokenness, you heal. In suffering, you embrace. Take us deeply [...]
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Praise be to the holy one who lights upon our hearts the invitation that draws us home from the hot then cold wanderings of our aimless ways. We are being invited by Love. Some hear and gather, streaming into the banquet hall of prayer. We come from Failure City to the East. From Desperation Village [...]
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In this seminar, pastor Peter Traben Haas explores two primary methods of prayer in the Christian tradition – the discursive and the contemplative, with special focus on the importance of Centering Prayer for our generation and the future of humankind. Click here to download or listen to the MP3 format: Models of Christian Prayer
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