Avoid Engines

March 31, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Make today a slow day. As much as possible avoid anything that makes you fast–engines, etc. Walk, ride your bike, stick close to home.

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Fast

March 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment

No food or caloric drinks until 5 PM

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Don’t Complain

March 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Complaining places our focus in the wrong places–it is no call to prophetic justice or kingdom building speech. Complaining focuses primarily on ourselves, our unmet expectations, our petty grievances. Watch what you say today and pray that God will give you the grace not to complain. Meditate on Colossians 4:6–”Let your conversation be always full [...]

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Palms Down, Palms Up

March 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Sit and release your worries, fears, hopes, drives, and ambitions to God. Then receive God’s blessings of love, patience, and presence.

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Lectio

March 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Read Psalm 6 aloud. Pause often and listen for what God may be saying to you in the psalm.

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Work with Your Hands

March 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Manual (hand) labor is valued in many monastic traditions. Working with our hands and bodies allows us to do constructive work and yet frees our mind more easily for reflection and prayer. Do manual labor today as a meditation–avoid labor saving devices, engines, and motors–engage your body as fully as possible. Remember that most of [...]

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Reset

March 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment

When everything freezes and nothing works on a computer sometimes it is time to reset the machine. Fasting is a time to reset not only the body, but the soul. Meditate on this as you fast, particularly at would-be meal times. Fast from all caloric food or drinks until 5 PM.

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Distractions

March 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Go to a busy place. Sit and listen for God in the busyness. Use a simple holy word or phrase as a tool to focus your attention–Jesus, Love, Have Mercy, Your Kingdom Come.

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Justice

March 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment

There are many injustices in the world–Travyon Martin’s murder is only a recent example. Yet Christians do not answer the call to justice in the way the rest of the world does. Jesus won out over the injustice of his day by refusing all paths, but the way of love. His death is a witness [...]

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Celebrate

March 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Find something in your neighborhood that is a gift from God (you won’t have to look far) and celebrate it. Celebrate the clean water you have to drink, the food you eat, the soil that provides the possibility of food. Find one good thing and create a liturgy of celebration. Invite others to join you [...]

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