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 "You must have a room or certain hour or so a day, where you don't know what was in the newspaper that morning, you don't know who your friends are, you don't know what you owe anybody or what anyone owes you. This is a place where you can simply experience and bring forth what you are and what you might be"
-Joseph Campbell
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 " Not to be able to stop thinking is a dreadful affliction, but we don't realize this because almost everyone is suffering from it, so it is considered normal. This incessant mental noise prevents you from finding that realm of inner stillness that is inseparable from Being"
-Eckhart Tolle
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 When Jesus says:
"Sky and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away" (Luke 21:33), he shows us a direct way to eternal life. The words of Jesus have the power to transform our hearts and minds and lead us into the Kingdom of God. "The words I have spoken to you," Jesus says, "are spirit and they are life" (John6:63).
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 Create in me a clean heart, O God,
and put a new and steadfast spirit withing me.
Do not cast me away from your presence,
and do not take your holy spirit from me.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
and sustain in me a generous spirit...
O Lord, open m lips,
and my mouth will declare your praise.
For you have no delight in sacrifice;
If... |
 Batter my heart, three-person'd
God: for you
As yet but knock; breathe, shine,
and seek to mend;
That I may rise, and stand,
o'erthrow me, and bend
Your force, to break, blow, burn,
and make me new.
-John Donne, Holy Sonnet XIV
In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And just as he was coming up... |
 As they were going along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” To another he said, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” But Jesus said to him, “Let the dead... |
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Creating an Intentional Ministry
Edington Press 1976
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Essays by Leading Teachers, Executives and Practitioners on creating a faithful and effective ministry,...
SCIENCE VS. SPIRITUALITY
Science doesn't prove spirituality. Spirituality is not opposed to science. Science and mathematics and their technological applications are developing faster and faster in our contemporary world. In doing...
Prayer Blog
There are many different and important methods and teachings on meditation and prayer.
Among them we use Centering Prayer. It was developed by Fr. Thomas Keating and others, and the Contemplative Outreach community he...
