Posts with the category “w-holy-faith-contemplative-living”

Most of us imagine faith as a system or set of beliefs. Beliefs are important, but faith is so much more than just holding belief. Faith is letting go. Or as the contemplative tradition teaches us: faith consists of a series of consents.We don't make loud declarations. They aren't dramatic moments. But small interior yeses that slowly shape who we become over the course of our lives. Ongoing conse...  Read More

If we listen to Christian's we've probably heard at some point someone saying that a parking space opening up next to the building was a sign of God's presence. Or we might hear of someone celebrating how God healed someone sick, a miracle performed before them (or maybe even for them).But the truth is for every miracle we see, there is another person who wasn't healed. Where was God in that story...  Read More

We are all created with the capacity to receive the love of God, and to share that love with others. In fact, Jesus makes this plainly clear to his disciples. All of the Bible boils down to the two greatest commandments:1) Love God with everything we are; and2) Love others AS we love ourselves. The thing about this: Jesus doesn't just preach this, he lives this out in its fullest. This makes it ra...  Read More

Beneath all the noise we are constantly surrounded by is a quieter hunger: a desire and need to be present, grounded, and whole. Embedded in the busyness of our spiritual striving is the gentle nudging of the Spirit to breathe, compassionate openness, and creative being. Contemplative living is learning to live and respond from a centered space rather than a scattered (and constantly reacting).  Read More