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a picture of prayer

posted by adam on 09.27.2006

“Suppose yourself at dinner with a person whom you very much want to be with—a friend, a lover, a person important to you. The dinner is in a fine restaurant where everything is arranged to give you a sense of privacy. There is adequate illumination at the table with everything else in shadow. You are […]

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no good reason

posted by adam on 08.07.2006

I was talking with a friend a couple of years ago about God and where each of us where with Him and my friend and I both commented that we felt like we’d drifted, not so much in our behaviors, but more along the lines of the closeness of our relationships with Him. Neither of […]

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whispers

posted by adam on 05.10.2006

I have a question: what is it that God is doing when one of his own is seeking him, but cannot seem to find him? Why is he sometimes silent?
I asked this question to a friend recently and the response I got frustrated me. It was the standard church response, textbook to the core. He […]

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my prayer too

posted by adam on 04.22.2006

“O Lord, who else or what else can I desire but you? You are my Lord, Lord of my heart, mind and soul. You know me through and through. In and through you all that is finds its origin and goal. You embrace all that exists and care for it with divine love and compassion. […]

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re-calibrating

posted by adam on 03.15.2006

Sometimes I find myself in a place, like in a dream. I feel like I’m looking at myself from the outside, wondering where I am and what I’m doing. It’s like watching a movie but this movie is about me. It’s filled with suspense and intrigue. Like any good suspenseful film, I watch the main […]

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