based on Genesis 32:22-31 Faithful God, it is dark and we are struggling. The causes of our anguish are numerous. They include concerns for our world and for ourselves. We’re also wrestling with you: your presence and place in all else that tosses us about all night without rest or respite. Yet we cling toContinue reading “A Prayer on the Riverbank”
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A Prayer in the Garden
based on John 20:1-18 Faithful God, we confess we don’t know what’s happened. We’ve heard the news from women and angels alike, but there’s so much we still don’t understand. We’re wondering how it’s possible, and about what it means. Our sense of the world has been turned upside down, and it may be aContinue reading “A Prayer in the Garden”
Coffeehouse Contemplative Book Excerpt: Propane Altars
Below is an excerpt from my book, Coffeehouse Contemplative: Spiritual Direction for the Everyday. Brother Lawrence was a Carmelite monk who lived in Paris in the seventeenth century. He is not really known for any grand speeches, writings, or miracles, but instead something much more subtle: he wrote a brief classic work called The Practice ofContinue reading “Coffeehouse Contemplative Book Excerpt: Propane Altars”
Jeffrey A. Nelson 