Month: March 2016


A chapter on Stillness Practice


A Chapter of a Rule of Life on Stillness Practice ”Words stand between silence and silence: between the silence of things and the silence of our own being, between the silence of the world and the silence of God. When we have really met and known the world in silence,...

A Chapter of a Rule of Life – Prayer Practice


Prayer Practice Let this chapter remind me that I do believe that prayer works.  Let me be equally clear that I have no idea how.  Does God show up?  Yes.  Does God show up early?  Never.  And that really pisses me off. I believe that I am living a life,...

Chapter XX – Prayer: What I think and believe


(please note that chapters have been slightly re-ordered) Chapter XX - The What and The Why of Prayer “Prayer is then not just a formula of words, or a series of desires springing up in the heart – it is the orientation of our whole body, mind and spirit to...

Chapter XVII on Health


Chapter 17 - Health Let this chapter of my Rule of Life remind me monthly of how very precious my life is on this planet.  It is no more precious than any other human life and my own personal belief is that my life is no more precious than any...

Chapter XVI – Shadows, Light and Darkness


Chapter XVI - Shadows, Light and Darkness There will be shadows.  There will be light and there will be darkness and there will, as a result, be shadows.  Learning to become and be comfortable with uncertainty along with being willing to examine my thoughts, will help me to stay in...