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Walk deeper than ever before
Russell Moore writes: The nonstop news cycle and drama won’t be some unforeseen circumstance. It’s what the American people voted for. The theory that people would want to “turn the page” on all that, offered by Vice President Kamala Harris, proved false. Turns out most people liked the drama just fine. So here we go.
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The aching remains
There’s a statue of JesusOn a monastery knollIn the hills of KentuckyAll quiet and coldHe’s kneeling in the gardenAs silent as a stoneAll his friends are sleepingAnd He’s weeping all aloneAnd the man of all sorrowsHe never forgotWhat sorrow is carriedBy the hearts that he boughtSo when the questions dissolveInto the silence of GodThe aching may remainBut the breaking does…
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Friendships are not escapes from loneliness
“We all long for loving community. It enhances life’s joy. But many of us seek community solely to escape the fear of being alone. Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.” — bell hooks, All About Love…
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The way of silence
It has become an annual habit of mine to get away in silence and solitude for a few days. It takes days because the first half of the silence is about getting the mind geared down.
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The place of quiet
When we will shut up, God will show up.
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The silence and the solitude
Dallas Willard says that practicing solitude with silence are the most important spiritual disciplines for people today, especially pastors. In our busy, noisy world we need to “unhook” and get away in order to be alone and be ourselves with our Lord.
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Into the silence
God will show up if I just shut up.
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The gift of silence and solitude
“The only thing to seek in contemplative prayer is God; and we seek Him successfully when we realize that we cannot find Him unless He shows Himself to us, and yet at the same time that He would not have inspired us to seek Him unless we had already found Him.” ― Thomas Merton, Thoughts in Solitude
Tag: Solitude
