The Sounds of Sheer Silence
Mother Martha’s Advent Meditation Wednesday, December 4 Now there was a great wind, so strong that it was splitting mountains and breaking rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake; and after the earthquake, a fire,
Read More »The Listening Heart of God
Monday Meditation from Mother Martha+—Monday, October 7, 2013 Almighty and everlasting God, you are always more ready to hear than we to pray, and to give more than we either desire or deserve: Pour upon us the abundance of your mercy, forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid, and giving
Read More »What then should we do?
And the crowds asked Jesus, “What then should we do?” Luke 3:10 By the time I got to Sunday morning, all I could do was go to church. And not because that’s my job, but because I didn’t know how else to live with the knowledge of the tragedy in Sandy Hook in my mind
Read More »Sirius Black, the Advent Dog
For it will come upon all who live on the face of the whole earth. Be alert at all times. Luke 21:35-36 My inside, listen to me, the greatest spirit. The teacher is near. Wake up, Wake up! Run to his feet– He is standing close to your hear right now. You have slept for
Read More »Gliding into the Unified Field
My favorite spiritual author of the year is Richard Rohr. In his book Falling Upwards: A Spirituality of the Two Halves of Life, he talks about discovering the “unified field.” It’s a term coined by no less than Einstein and refers to “that single world of elementary forces, principles, and particles that he (Einstein) assumed
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