Humanity has a long history of going along with destructive choices and behavior so long as the justification for it is dressed up with some God-talk. If state or church leaders want people to accept their calls for violence, discrimination, abuse, exclusion, or exploitation, many have found that dropping a few references to what GodContinue reading “Mumbled Church Words”
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Contemplatio
July 31st is the feast day of Ignatius of Loyola, whose Spiritual Exercises are what I’m trained in for spiritual direction. I continue to draw great meaning from his reflections and guided practices, so his feast day remains special to me. I wrote this prayer years ago based on the culminating meditation of the Exercises,Continue reading “Contemplatio”
A Prayer by a Mustard Bush
based on Mark 4:26-34 Faithful God, sometimes we’re frustrated by the meagerness of our actions. Any positive change that we seek to make for ourselves, for others, or for the world seems so insignificant compared to the size of the suffering around and within us. At best, we can hope that the ways we partnerContinue reading “A Prayer by a Mustard Bush”
Jeffrey A. Nelson 