Silence is essential for the experience of true prayer. But no less important is the involvement of the heart. This isn’t a bunch of touchy-feely, sentimentalism, though. Dive into the true prayer of the heart, and a simple practice to make it come alive.
Category: Lent
“Reconnecting…” Week 4: Silence
One of the greatest keys to opening our spiritual life and experiencing true prayer is silence. Nothing has quite the same power as does silence. But what is it? Why do we avoid it? And why is it more essential to us than breathing?
“Rerouting…” Week 11: Toll Road
At the heart of Holy Week is a prayer made in a garden, a stunning reversal of the rebellion in the garden in the beginning with Adam and Eve. This is the prayer each of us must make our own.
“Rerouting…” Week 10: Do Not Enter
Many of us are a little wary of signing our life over to Jesus. “Eh, I think I’ll just go to Mass on Sunday, Father. I don’t need any of this uber Catholic stuff.” So our goal today is to discover, “What is holding me back from surrendering my life to Jesus?” And when we know that, to be strengthened in confidence that I can (and should) surrender my life to Him.
“Rerouting…” Week 9: Fork In the Road
We have been rescued, rerouted, redeemed, saved. And that’s amazingly good news! BUT, it still begs one question: “How do I respond?”
“Rerouting…” Week 8: Bridge Restored
Today we arrive at the startling, and yet overwhelming discovery of what God has done about the situation we find ourselves in. And it changed everything.
“Rerouting…” Week 7: Icy Roads
This week, the bad news gets a little worse, or at least a little more personal. The line between good and evil isn’t just “out there,” or a mythical abstraction. It is real. And the line between good and evil…cuts pretty close to home.
“Rerouting…” Week 6: Bridge Out
So God’s creation is incredible! And humanity is lifted to such an exalted position. So what happened? Why is everything so obviously messed up?
Entering the Mystery of Holy Week
Holy Week isn’t a mental exercise in theology, but a time to put on the mind of the Messiah and walk with him.
LENT #5: New, not Normal
The promise is not anything normal. The promise is something new, finally. And this newness can, in fact, often be quite backwards and unexpected. And yet, it is precisely this that fulfills and satisfies in the most unforeseen and unforeseeable ways.
The Beggar 