Sunday-We sing Ps. 4as a chant in worship today. Please read its paraphrase or a more careful translation in your Bibles. Peaceful sleep was a need in OT times as well as our own. It too sees anger as inhibiting sleep but also a gateway to sin. At the same time, it does not forbid anger but how it is used. In its way, it is a therapeutic approach to prayer of lament. when do spiritual patterns help you deal with everyday concerns?
Monday-Joy, isn't "concealed at the bottom of the cup of intoxication" but "smiles up at us from the bottom of the bitter chalice" ~ Kierkegaard
Tuesday-As we stand at the precipice,As we ponder on the next step,As we hesitate on the cliff of change,So too do we exalt at each rise and fall.So too do we rejoice at each losing and gaining.And while we may mourn at the end, So too do we delight as we begin again. Always we begin again.From Abbey of the Arts
Wednesday-Pause... and reflect on some time in your life when you have pulled back in the middle of a project or plan-some emptying of your onward movement. Can you see some new life or movement in the trajectory of you spiritual journey? Some new vocational direction? Some new sense of purpose? Some connection between personal growth and social justice? Ira Groff
Thursday- The church, after all, is a community built on faith in the resurrection of the Lord. The resurrection was not an achievement that sprang out of a determination not ever, ever to be defeated, but rather a gift made manifest in that One who did not choose to launch a fierce defensive battle to save his own life.” Byars, “Finding Our Balance: Repositioning Mainstream Protestantism,”
Friday-“Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is like expecting a bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian.” ancient Jewish humor and wisdom
Saturday- Father Thomas Keating says: "God's first language is silence. Every other language is a poor translation."
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