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Greatest Potential Distraction – 8 quotes by Thomas Merton’s book – Thoughts in Solitude | Culture of Imagination
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Connecting spirituality to everyday life. Greatest Potential Distraction 8 quotes by Thomas Merton’s book Thoughts in Solitude. 1 No longer held together by love. 2 We have to risk everything. And sooner or later, if we follow Christ we have to risk everything in order to gain everything. We have to gamble on the invisible and risk all that we can see and taste and feel. But we know the risk is worth it, because there is nothing more insecure than the transient world. 5 My life is a listening. Then every...
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How Christianity Can Learn From Buddhism | Culture of Imagination
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Connecting spirituality to everyday life. How Christianity Can Learn From Buddhism. The life of Thomas Merton. A way of life versus an intellectual belief. Often times when we think of Buddhism we think of a way of life. And when we think of Christianity we think of an intellectual belief in the mind. Why is this? Living in the present moment. The friendship of Thomas Merton and Thich Nhat Hanh. In fact, Merton said that he had deeper resonation with Thich Nhat Hanh than he ever had with any other Christ...
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Retreats - Sustainable Faith Indy
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School of Spiritual Direction. Beth Booram- Speaking and Retreat Facilitation. Dave Booram- Career Direction. Steve Ingram- Consulting Leaders and Organizations. SFI is located in the heart of Indianapolis in a three story, beautifully restored 100 year old home and provides hallowed space for personal retreats. You are invited to come away and be still; to rest and find your bearings; to hear from God and to engage with others in meaningful conversation and learning. The cost for an overnight. A surpris...
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SFI Staff - Sustainable Faith Indy
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School of Spiritual Direction. Beth Booram- Speaking and Retreat Facilitation. Dave Booram- Career Direction. Steve Ingram- Consulting Leaders and Organizations. Author, Speaker and Spiritual Director. Beth is a deep feeler who loves to think; an extrovert with a penchant for solitude; an artist who sees the hand of God in even the smallest touches, tastes, smells and audible encounters with creation. She has authored several books including. Awaken Your Senses,. Picturing the Face of Jesus. Her new book,.
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Peregrine Journey: September 2014
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The word peregrine means to wander or travel about in the wide open spaces. It is not an aimless wandering but a purposeful one, yet the purpose is not a prescribed destination.it's a pilgrimage of discovery. Saturday, September 20, 2014. Foreshadowing: What I discovered I wrote to David in his Senior High School Year Book. Tonight is our 40. Here’s a snippet of what I wrote:. Well, David, we’ve come a long way from 9. I can feel dependent and confident with you around. I hope I give you the same fee...
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Peregrine Journey: October 2013
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The word peregrine means to wander or travel about in the wide open spaces. It is not an aimless wandering but a purposeful one, yet the purpose is not a prescribed destination.it's a pilgrimage of discovery. Wednesday, October 23, 2013. I know I'm probably stating the obvious. I'm "on pause" from blogging because I don't seem to be able to blog and write a book and do all the others things I do all at the same time. Something has to go. And for me, it's my blog. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Beth Booram i...
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Thirty Years Later… – To Sir, with love
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To Sir, with love. Stories to Lift our Eyes. Thirty Years Later…. March 25, 2015. The first story I read was about the day Charles Spurgeon’s eyes opened. In his own words:. I sometimes think I might have been in darkness and despair now, had it not been for the goodness of God in sending a snowstorm one Sunday morning, when I was going to a place of worship. When I could go no further, I turned down a court and came to a little Primitive Methodist Chapel. Then it says, Look unto Me. O, look to Me! Then ...
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A Desert Without Trees – 8 quotes from Thomas Merton’s book – New Seeds of Contemplation | Culture of Imagination
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Connecting spirituality to everyday life. A Desert Without Trees 8 quotes from Thomas Merton’s book New Seeds of Contemplation. 1 In order to become myself. In order to become myself I must cease to be what I always thought I wanted to be, and in order to find myself I must go out of myself, and in order to live I must die. 2 The elimination of everybody but ourselves. 3 No one has anything in common with anybody else. 4 A projection of our own aspirations, desires and ideals. 5 It is a tremendous grace.
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