Finding our way to The Way one situation at a time. I don't know how great it will be, but I expect it will be interesting, and I look forward to it going on past all reason because wonder is just that way. Are you coming or not?
Great Blue Heron 05/11/2019 — Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge, Noxubee County, Mississippi
Instead of the word "prayer," I prefer and propose the word "communion." We commune with the Holy, Hidden, Other when we drop into the silence and wait for realization, recognition, comprehension, knowing...
"Prayer" suggests to me a grocery list of needs and wants, and the more people we have praying for us, the better our chances of getting what we need/want.
You can run your own test in the matter, but I have found that crossing my fingers works as well as praying for my team to win the World Series.
Communion works every time when understanding "works" to be immersion the presence of the Holy Other with the vision and courage to know and do what needs to be done.
I'm retired, and still finding my way--but now, I don't have to pretend that I know what I'm doing.
I retired after 40.5 years as a minister in the Presbyterian Church USA, serving churches in Louisiana, Mississippi and North Carolina. I graduated from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, in Austin, Texas, and Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana. My wife, Judy, and I have three daughters, five granddaughters, one great granddaughter, and a great grandson on the way, within about ten minutes from where we live--and are enjoying our retirement as much as we have ever enjoyed anything.
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love communion, commune, community, thank you
(and fingers crossed)
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