I Want To Hear God’s Voice
A few years ago, I was rushing to catch the Staten Island Ferry. Missing the ferry could mean a 30- or 60-minute wait for the…
listening to God
Five Spiritual Resolutions for 2013
New Year’s resolutions make my liver quiver. Yet each year, I’ve begun with hope and the resolve to point my life in a new direction,…
This Pilgrim’s Path
Why would a woman with serious doubts about her Catholic faith embark on a 480-mile pilgrimage trail across northern Spain? Maybe I’ll know by the…
‘God: Is This the Right Way?’
The trail marker was ambiguous. I thought it pointed to the mowed path off to our right. My new friend Michel thought it meant we…
What Works: The PALA Active Lifestyle Challenge
You have just enough time left if you act now to join me in the Million PALA Challenge — a national campaign to get people…
I am waiting for the spark from Heaven to fall. — Matthew Arnold
Spend twenty minutes today listening for God in silence. Stick with it even if it feels like nothing’s happening.
Can you give me suggestions about being better able to listen to God?
The word God speaks to us is our life. Sit quietly and ask yourself the following question: What really fills me with joy and passion?…
Prayer is when you talk to God; meditation is when you listen to God.
Digital Fast: Fast from social networking today. Pray: Meditate and focus on listening to God. Give $10 to the FPG bowl.
Busted: Deanna Witkowski
Pianist-composer-vocalist Deanna Witkowski‘s dual paths of disciplined jazz musician and person of faith converge in her fourth recording, the genre-defying From This Place. Marrying ancient…
What Works: How Sweet to Do Nothing
Our new level of connectedness is a wonderful thing — perhaps the greatest blessing technology has brought us. But it has created a new problem. In this hyper-connected world, time in which you can do nothing is rare.
