Meditation
Three Rivers
Did you ever notice that with just a slight twist “always praying” becomes “all-way spraying”?
Meditation
Hypocrisy
If the Pharisees truly believed they were defending the faith, was there any sin in their actions?
Meditation
Get out there
Maybe you aren’t such a big fan of the mountains. The ‘beauty’ out there really doesn’t do that much for you, and the strain and pain of the hike are such a drain. After all, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, right?
Meditation
Strain forward
When you are hiking in the mountains, when you have forgotten about the workaday world, the things that need to be done, the frustrations, ailments, conflicts, crossing things off of your to-do list, striving in and for the world, what’s left?
Meditation
Empty yourself
What I don’t understand is how those other Christians can be so obtuse. Don’t they know that . . .
Meditation
Know yourself
An evil person and a good person are standing side by side under a cliff. A rock falls and smashes the good person. How does that make you feel?
Meditation
Self-knowledge
Poor Peter. He really takes it on the chin sometimes. One minute Jesus is saying “on this rock I will build my church”; the next he says “get behind me Satan.”
Meditation
Discipline
My grandfather was a funny guy. Not always respectful, but sometimes very funny.
Meditation
Discipleship
Consider the state of the world today. Where do you find joy in this time of discord and division and loss?
Meditation
Discernment
Should I do anything and everything that people ask me to do if I am able? Or should I do what I feel like doing? Or what seems to be required of me? Or what I would feel guilty about if I didn’t do it? Or should I do what I “feel called” to do?