All Meditations
The Words of Life
posted on Aug 28, 2012There is a video out on youtube about a blind man. He is sitting on the sidewalk in a large city. He has placed a tin can in front of him and occasionally someone walking by will drop in a coin. There is a cardboard sign beside him that reads, "Bl...
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Wishing for Wisdom
posted on Aug 20, 2012When I was a little girl, I used to be fascinated with the story of Aladdin. I loved how he found a magic lamp and when he rubbed the lamp, a genie would pop out and grant him three wishes. I would play the genie game over again with my cousins. W...
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Thou shalt not Covet
posted on Aug 5, 2012Today we return to King David. The greatest of all the kings of Israel, he ruled in Jerusalem and had everything that any man could ask for. He had multiple wives, treasures beyond imagining, he had power and prestige and respect and honor. He had...
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On Baptism
posted on Aug 2, 2012I am on retreat at a Trappist monastery. The place is so beautiful and so peaceful but it is full of boundaries. Signs boldly instruct: do not enter, silence at all times, exit by this door. It seems strange that a place called by God to welcome t...
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Wounded David
posted on Jul 1, 2012En Gedi is a small oasis on the shore of the Dead Sea, in one of the lowest geographical points on the earth. Just off the coast of the sea are some cliffs with caves, where David used to hide over three thousand years ago. David was running away ...
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Facing Goliath
posted on Jun 24, 2012A salesman was in a therapy support group with a banker. Both men were recently divorced and trying to learn how to live as single men. They found the support group to be a source of strength, a place where they could be truly honest. Then the sal...
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The Madness of Humanity
posted on Jun 17, 2012I knew a man who took no risks. He lived by this philosophy, "The devil that you know is better than the devil that you don't know." In this way, he stayed put with things as they are. When he was offered a new job, he refused to take it, even tho...
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The Whale and the Trinity
posted on Jun 3, 2012Just last week a humpback whale was discovered by a fisherman in the ocean just off the coast from the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. The whale had gotten tangled in a series of crab traps and fishing lines. She seemed unable to move. The fi...
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The Making of An Apostle
posted on May 21, 2012Montgomery Alabama. December 1, 1955 early evening. A woman in her mid-forties boards a bus. She carries herself in a dignified manner. You would not know from looking at her that she has been stooped over an ironing board all day. Her shoulders a...
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Abide in my Love
posted on May 13, 2012Anna sat on the back porch of her dream house. She and her husband, Malcomb, had finally succeeded in buying a home on the river. Her favorite thing to do was to go out on the back porch in the early morning with a cup of coffee, look at the river...
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Saint Thomas
Saint Andrew
The Feast of All Saints
St. Michael and All Angels