Prayer Reflections Dangers of Wealth
'I used to think, when I was a child, that Christ might have been exaggerating when he warned about the dangers of wealth. Today I know better. I know how very hard it is to be rich and still keep the milk of human kindness. Money has a dangerous way
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 Empty Water Jar
Jesus, I come into the warmth of your presence knowing that you are the very emptiness of God. I come before you holding the water jar of my life. Your eyes meet mine and know what I'd rather not know.
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 Hearing the Truth
Those who don't have anything to prove or protect can believe that they are loved, that they are, but we who have spent our lives ascending and going up the spiritual ladder can't hear the truth.
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 Inside each of us
Inside each of us There awaits a wonder Full of freedom She waits to dance in rooms of our heart that are closed dark and cluttered she waits to dance in spaces where negative feelings have built barricades and stock-piled weapons she waits to
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 My first experience with God
My first experience with God occurred this past summer. One day my sisters boyfriend caught a virus and passed away. He was only nineteen years old and full of life. The day after he died, I went to his wake. Iwas standing their just looking at him.
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 Psalm 21
'Lord, O Lord my God, Why have you left me? I am a caricature of a man. People think I am dirt they mock me in all the papers. I am encircled there are tanks all around me machine gunners have me in their sights there is barbed wire about me, electri
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 Relinquishment
Today, O Lord, I yield myself to you. May your will be my delight today. May your way have perfect sway in me. May your love be pattern of my living. I surrender to you my hopes, my dreams, my ambitions. Do with them what you
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 River Within Us
We grow in self awareness not only by introspection but by tackling the jobs that lie to hand, by measuring our strength and skill against taxing work and difficult people. In the middle and later life after the heat of the struggle to succeed is ove
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 Serenity Prayer
God Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference.
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 The Person Next to You
The person next to you is one of the greatest miracles and the greatest mysteries you will ever meet. She or he is a sign of God is made of flesh; of God's continuous coming into our world.
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