How Adopting a ‘Growth Mindset’ Has Enriched My Spiritual Life
When I saw the first spots of bright green in our long planter boxes, a jolt of adrenaline shot through my veins. It’s actually happening!…
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How to See Life’s Interruptions as Blessings
I once went on a retreat in Northern Colorado to a Benedictine abbey where I noticed a bell would ring throughout the day. I later…
3 Saints To Keep You Company During Seasons of Waiting
Waiting is an experience that is probably as disliked as it is common to our shared human story. As I sit here several months into…
A Lesson in Waiting: An Advent Retreat
Our preparations for Christmas often overwhelm us with occasions for waiting. We wait in line at stores. We wait for Christmas bonuses, traveling relatives, the…
Praying for Patience: What I’ve Learned from God’s Time vs. My Own
Patience. None of us have as much as we need. We all need it. The lead singer of Guns N’ Roses, Axl Rose, even sang…
Waiting for God: How to Keep Listening When God Seems Silent
I’m not a patient person. Little frustrations like sitting in a traffic jam or standing in line at the bank have me grinding my teeth…
5 Tips for a More Spiritual Advent
There’s something very special about the first Sunday of Advent — singing the familiar Advent hymns and lighting the first Advent candle. I always feel…
Advent in Two Minutes
Not sure about the relationship between Advent and Christmas? You thought they were the same thing? Check out Busted Halo’s two-minute video that describes why we celebrate Advent and wait to celebrate Christmas.
Have patience with all things, but first of all, yourself. — St. Francis de Sales
Today, when you feel your patience wearing thin, stop, breathe, and say a prayer.
No man treats a motor car as foolishly as he treats another human being. When the car will not go, he does not attribute its annoying behavior to sin; he does not say, You are a wicked motorcar, and I shall not give you any more petrol until you go. He attempts to find out what is wrong and set it right. — Bertrand Russell
Make an effort to be patient with someone who frustrates you today.
