A Chapter of a Rule of LIfe on Kindness
There is a part of me which wishes that I did not need a chapter on kindness in my Rule of Life. I wish I were so innately kind to…
Research and prep work for a chapter on Kindness in your Rule
A Chapter on Kindness in your Rule of Life What follows are quotes I have found in my commonplace book, a large leather-bound book in which I write down the…
A Chapter of a Rule of Life on Meditation Practice
Practice daily meditation - it is how your God and you are and remain in relationship. If you notice that you are skipping a daily meditation practice, stop and ask…
Meditation’s Re-membering – A Chapter of a Rule of Life
Meditation’s Re-membering A Rule of Life chapter. How would you write your chapter on remembering your relationship with God? You live in a strange world. Remember that you have always…
A chapter on Stillness Practice
A Chapter of a Rule of Life on Stillness Practice ”Words stand between silence and silence: between the silence of things and the silence of our own being, between the…
A Chapter of a Rule of Life – Prayer Practice
Prayer Practice Let this chapter remind me that I do believe that prayer works. Let me be equally clear that I have no idea how. Does God show up? Yes. …
Chapter XX – Prayer: What I think and believe
(please note that chapters have been slightly re-ordered) Chapter XX - The What and The Why of Prayer “Prayer is then not just a formula of words, or a series…
Chapter XVII on Health
Chapter 17 - Health Let this chapter of my Rule of Life remind me monthly of how very precious my life is on this planet. It is no more precious…
Chapter XVI – Shadows, Light and Darkness
Chapter XVI - Shadows, Light and Darkness There will be shadows. There will be light and there will be darkness and there will, as a result, be shadows. Learning to…
Chapter XV – Work
The staff of Saint John's Cathedral - an image of authority and work Chapter XV - Work A Rule of Life The Rev. Canon Charles LaFond “Derive happiness in oneself…