This past week included a variety of wonderful posts delivered via email. What a blessing! Two in particular are highlighted next…
“The Power of Stillness” from Center for Action and Contemplation is HERE. It’s well worth the read, including quotes like this one:
Inaction sometimes is the greatest action we can take. Stillness is sometimes the most important move we can make. ~ Charles Lattimore Howard, Pond River Ocean Rain
That same post continues on with Howard Thurman’s suggestions on stillness practices, moving towards “creative lassitude” (what a great phrase!) That section concludes with this:
Such periods may be snatched from the greedy demands of one’s day’s work; they may be islanded in a sea of other human beings; they may come only at the end of the day, or in the quiet hush of the early morning. We must, each one of us, find [our] own time and develop [our] own peculiar art of being quiet.
A key for stillness success? There is no “right” way – we must make it our own!
While being quiet, does a voice ever resonate “Do Not Be Afraid?” The Henri Nouwen Foundation post HERE includes that phrase and goes on to say…
The voice uttering these words sounds all through history as the voice of God’s holy messengers, be they angels or saints. It is the voice that announces a whole new way of being, a being in the house of love, the house of the Lord
It’s a wonderful reminder of the song Be Not Afraid (a version HERE.)
Let us go out, willing to be quiet and unafraid, strengthened and spurred by the Spirit!
P.S. The photo below is of a Myanmar evening several years ago. Prayers of strength and support plus loads of lovingkindness are with those in Myanmar as recovery efforts continue…
Lectionary Texts for Sunday, April 6, 2025:
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POTENTIAL ACTIONS – FOOD INSECURITY: This season will likely find increasing numbers of folks looking for food, presenting opportunities to
- share financial and/or food offerings with a local food pantry
- check with your faith community about upcoming opportunities to feed community members
- volunteer to help with a local mobile food pantry or community dinner
- find a Little Pantry in your area and help stock it with shelf-stable food items
- accept a Call to Action item from Season of Peace devotional posting
NOTE: for those in the Cinci region, some food organizations are listed HERE
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