Check out these great resources for prayer and the practice of the daily offices/divine hours.
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Music as a Setting for Spiritual Practices
I recently read an article by Vaughan Roberts in which Roberts relates the following encounter: Some years ago I was on a mission in London. After one of our meetings, another team member came to me and said: “Why don’t you hold out your hands when you sing?” I have nothing against that practice. There […]
Read More »The Watches of the Night
Not too long ago, TED.com posted a talk by Jessa Gamble entitled “How to sleep”. The talk is only 4 minutes long and centers around the human body clock and sleep/waking cycles. Judging from the comments, it left many viewers intrigued but unsatisfied: How can we get more information about this? What is she suggesting […]
Read More »Negative Space and the Shape of Our Lives
In photography and art, there is a concept called negative space. (Click any photo here to find its photographer on Flickr.) In each of these photographs, the negative space surrounding the subject “makes” the photo, revealing the beauty of the subject. What we might be tempted to call “emptiness” actually provides context and balance to […]
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