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February 10th, 2012
Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is. — Mohandas K. Gandhi

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Pray the news today — read one news article and consider who needs your prayers.



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January 1st, 2012
I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. — Maya Angelou
Today, show your loved ones how much you care for and appreciate them.
December 31st, 2011
An Inuit hunter asked the local missionary priest: ‘If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?’ ‘No,’ said the priest, ‘not if you did not know.’ ‘Then why,’ asked the Inuit earnestly, ‘did you tell me?’ — Annie Dillard
Before you go to bed, recall something from today that you’re not proud you did, and ask God’s forgiveness.
December 30th, 2011
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Today, practice patience when you are being tested.
December 29th, 2011
The key to your happiness and contentment lies within you, within your own heart and mind. The way you start each day is very important; you can start off on the right foot or the wrong one. You can wake up with a song of joy and gratitude in your heart for the new day, for being alive, for the very wonder of living, and for being in tune and harmony with the rhythm of all life. You can expect the very best from the coming day and therefore draw it to you. Or you can start the day with a chip on your shoulder, disgruntled and out of rhythm. You are responsible for what today will bring, and knowing it gives you an even greater responsibility than those souls who are not aware of it and therefore know no better. You cannot blame your state of mind on anyone else. It all rests with you. — Eileen Caddy
Today, start your day with a song that inspires you.
December 28th, 2011
Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light. — Theodore Roethke
Today, find a verse of scripture and spend at least 5 minutes reflecting on it and how God's message might deepen your faith.
December 27th, 2011
There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved. — Charles Darwin
Today, pay special attention to the variety of the natural world around you.
December 26th, 2011
Forgiveness is the economy of the heart… forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits. — Hannah More
Today, think of those you have wronged and whose forgiveness you would like to seek before denying your forgiveness to another.
December 25th, 2011
Only the most famous of births actually adds to our own story.
A blessed and merry Christmas from the staff of Busted Halo! (Click through to see today's video.)
December 24th, 2011
Holy Infant so tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace
Sleep in heavenly peace
– Silent Night
Say a prayer for all the babies born into the world today -- that they might know love and sleep peacefully.
December 23rd, 2011
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Don't let the stress of the season stack up. Make peace with your day -- and remember, tomorrow is another day.
December 22nd, 2011
For you shall go out in joy, and be led back in peace; the mountains and the hills before you shall burst into song, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. — Isaiah 55:12
Do you part to make peace with the environment today -- recycle, carpool, avoid using plastic bags (use canvas instead), buy/eat local food, drink tap water (instead of bottled).
December 21st, 2011
Peace is not just a colored ribbon. It’s more than a wristband or a t-shirt. It’s not just a donation or a 5 K race. It’s not just a folk song, or a white dove. And peace is certainly more than a celebrity endorsement. Peace is a full-time job. It’s protecting civilians, overseeing elections, and disarming ex-combatants. The UN has over 100,000 Peacekeepers on the ground, in places others can’t or won’t go, doing things others can’t or won’t do. Peace, like war, must be waged. — George Clooney
Make a donation to an organization like Pax Christi or take it beyond your donation and get involved -- volunteer with an organization working for peace or write a ...
December 20th, 2011
The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart. — Dorothy Day
Identify someone in your life that you're in a power struggle with and pray for them or do something generous toward them.
December 19th, 2011
We are made for community, for togetherness, for family, to exist in a delicate network of interdependence. — Desmond Tutu
Make someone's day -- leave a generous tip for your regular waitress or the barista at the coffee shop, give a warm greeting to the security guard in your office building, leave a thank-you note ...
December 18th, 2011
All the stockings are filled, all that is, except one. And we have even forgotten to hang it up. The stocking for the child born in a manger… Let us ask ourselves what He would wish for most. And then, let each put in his share, loving kindness, warm hearts, and a stretched out hand of tolerance. All the shining gifts that make peace on earth. — The Bishop’s Wife
Invite someone to come with you to a service or event that's part of your faith practice.
December 17th, 2011
I’m waiting for something beautiful
Oh, something beautiful
– from “Something Beautiful” by Need to Breathe
Today, pray for patience as you wait; pray for solace amid life's chaos.
December 16th, 2011
Genuine happiness consists in those spiritual qualities of love, compassion, patience, tolerance and forgiveness and so on. For it is these which provide both for our happiness and others’ happiness. — Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Write down the words, love, compassion, patience, tolerance and forgiveness. Next to each of them, write one thing you can do today for yourself or others to express that qualities.
December 15th, 2011
I got into the closet where my mother had hidden the gifts, still unwrapped. I looked at them all and then, when Christmas came, had absolutely no fun. Nothing was a surprise. It was awful. — Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Read Phil Fox Rose's column on "conscious gift shopping" and consider giving gifts that are handmade or from locally owned businesses.
December 14th, 2011
Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day. — Henri Nouwen
Today, do something that gives you great joy.
December 13th, 2011
I define joy as a sustained sense of well-being and internal peace — a connection to what matters. — Oprah Winfrey
Remember what matters this season -- faith, family and friends. Call a friend or relative today and wish them a Happy Advent. And take a few minutes to read Busted Halo's "Alternative Advent" blog ...
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