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Open Forum – Group Relationships
I’ve been surprised, recently, to rediscover the degree to which our lives are defined by our relationships not to people, but to groups. We start life in the context of family. Soon, we determine who we are in the milieu… Continue reading
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On Despair
In what ways are you able to stand in the gap for those you serve? How does Love find its way through your hands and hearts to make the way safe again for those who need us? Be courageous, fellow… Continue reading
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Which Wolf Do We Feed?
Yet Love asks nothing of me. Love simply waits, with endless patience, for me to enter her presence where I may, if I am wise, enjoy the peace that is free of need. Continue reading
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Live Love
What is meaningful is to turn our everyday attention to the thought and practice of loving behaviors. As we practice Love, we learn that Love is not about congratulating ourselves for being Loving. For Love is its own reward. When… Continue reading
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Presence Beyond Our Senses
Amid all of this, Helen Keller, deprived of sight and hearing, calls out to us to understand that the most important truths of life live beyond our senses. We know what she means. She is talking about Love. Continue reading
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Open Forum – Presence
The practice which most helps me find presence to everyday life is meditation. What helps you? Continue reading
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Roadside Flowers
Former U.S. poet laureate Billy Collins, like all great poets. helps us appreciate that presence to roadside flowers teaches presence to life and to Love. Continue reading
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The Shared Presence of Love
In an internet missive that has probably circulated the globe several times, the innocence of Love is shared through the eyes and hearts of 4 – 8 year olds who were asked “What does love mean?” A couple of comments… Continue reading
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Silent Presence
I try to remember this action whenever I find myself wanting to deliver a speech to some grieving friend. It is silent presence that often counts most. Continue reading
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Soul Work
When we treat our job as a series of transactions, we are working out of the mechanical side of our personalities. There is little reward for the soul if our work is robotic. It is when we live Love that… Continue reading
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