Epiphany to Easter Sculpting Project 6: Prayer Flash: Week 1 The silence in our little canyon is palatable. I take a deep intentional breath. A Sunday afternoon walk. The stream bed gravel crunches under my feet. Another deep slow breath. I see the first tiny purple flower of spring. I smile. This little sighting will…
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Epiphany to Easter Sculpting Project 4: Breath Prayer Week 2
Epiphany to Easter Sculpting Project 4: Breath Prayer Week 2 When we were in high school Evan and I decided to have a hiking adventure. We went to a state park near town and took off cross-country up a hill/cliff. The hike was challenging traveling up a steep slope and climbing over rocks. We had…
Epiphany to Easter Sculpting Project 4: Breath Prayer: Week 1
Epiphany to Easter Sculpting Project 4: Breath Prayer Week 1 Part 1 Winter 2016 Colorado: I push my shovel into the hay and manure as I take a breath. “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God.” I toss the shovel full into the cart as I exhale. “Have mercy on me a sinner.” Then another shovel…
Sculpting Project 20: Abba Isaac’s Formula: Week 2
Sculpting Project 20: Abba Isaac’s Formula Week 2 “Come in, welcome again.”Abba Issac offers us the Desert Father’s hospitality, food for our body as well as the soul. “ Have you followed my directions and called to God with the Psalm verse ‘O God, incline unto my aid; O Lord, make haste to help me.’…
Sculpting Project 20: Abba Isaac’s Formula: Week 1
Sculpting Project 20: Abba Isaac’s Formula: Week 1 We sit on the ground in a small cave-like room. Year: about 390 A.D. The Egyptian desert sun beats outside, bread and vegetables are spread out before us as we listen to Abba Isaac. “So, you are searching for continual awareness of God. I have a way…
Sculpting Project 15: Centering Moments: Week 2
Sculpting Project 15: Centering Moments: Week 2 Why do Centering Prayer? 1. To pursue a deeper relationship with God. Beyond words. 2. To receive the enormous variety of benefits that accompany a meditation practice. It appears to me that we were built to meditate. I get this idea when I read the results of the…
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