Good Morning, Pray you are all well.
My Vision:To allow my home and garden to be a safe space for others to come. Maybe times of prayer, simple exercise, meals. (Historically I have not felt comfortable having others over..but am moving in that direction….except not now during COVID lock down…so I’m working on my garden with others in mind.…[Read more]

Good Morning,
This lesson is difficult. I am remembering early zeal..Street Ministry…Going to China…Feeling numb now by comparison. Not sure if I am trusting and waiting on Gods timing to REALLY pour out myself ….If I do not yet know what that means OR If I would be going my own way rather than waiting on God OR am I being lazy and selfi…[Read more]

Good Morning, Beginning to attempt Lectio Divina as I think it is “supposed” to be done. My mind is a bit more scattered and my prayers are more conversational than “deep and mystical”. I berate myself for not desiring to run into lengthy quiet time with God who I desire and know I am desperately in need of His help. SO…to “practice His…[Read more]

Good Morning, Comparing King David and CS Lewis reinforces that God will meet us where we are. It seems David’s relationship with God drove him to more healthy relationships with others, while the opposite is true of CS Lewis. I suppose I have been more like David in wanting to hide from others within my relationship with God. It was in St.…[Read more]

Good Morning, 4 areas of Rule of Life:
Prayer: have developed pretty consistently Morning Family Prayer from ACNA BCP
Rest: I have always slept well (need about 8-10 hours:) Added recently..taking 1 entire week off every 3 months. (am 68, a self employed massage therapist/ortho-bionomy practitioner.)
Work/Activity: Most of my clients are…[Read more]

Good Morning Abbot Dan, Still wrapping up my first course (Emotionally Healthy Spirituality)… was was excited to get a taste of this class:) Blessings!

Good Day, I have been blessed to meet a few of those folk who I see as Emotionally/Spiritually mature. It seems they are a cut above…Rare people. It never seemed there was a concrete way to get from here to there. So, they are role models..giving some hope..but realistically have lives that are mostly unattainable.
These lessons are…[Read more]

Good Morning, Blessed Christmas Eve.

The Merton quote that we do violence to our souls by choosing to NOT stop struck me. I have an attentiveness to God and Jesus and the Holy Spirit most of the time. I liken it to being in love with someone and everything reminds you of them. (I am not saying I feel all that Holy because of this…and I want…[Read more]

Good Morning, I do not want to ponder on past grief…(denial/distracting) I am prone to melancholy and am currently in a positive place …don’t want to go down that path. However, saying this causes the realization that I am not trusting God (blaming myself) to hold me where He has brought me and finish the work He has begun. If this respite…[Read more]

Good Morning Abbot Dan, (A point of information first please….I have not posted again on the much older students’ posts…they seem to have moved on…should I go ahead and respond to what they posted for each lesson??)

What I have experienced a few times as “Going Through the Wall” seems to be a sense of “Point of No Return” That if I take…[Read more]

Good Morning, Looking at Joseph’s reactions..one of the first things that came to mind was…I would be thinking… “After all I’ve done for you..how could you misjudge me so, and think I would harm you now?”
Causes me to ponder how much I am moved by others’ reactions to my “good deeds”. I guess I want “atta-boys” much more than I realize.…[Read more]