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Part 2: The Witness

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Part 1: Listening for the Holy in the Rhythm of Relationship

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As we close this series on staying awake, let’s return to the Garden of Gethsemane. The quiet of that star-filled night gives way to the unsure footsteps of Peter, James, and John as they follow Jesus deeper into the dar...

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In the last two reflections, we spent time exploring the qualities of skillful effort and skillful mindfulness. Skillful effort taught us the quiet faithfulness of returning, of coming back to our prayer again and again,...

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The previous two parts of this series found us first in the Garden of Gethsemane to hear Jesus’s invitation, “Stay awake with me,” and then held space for us to discover how skillful effort can help us respond. Such effo...

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In the first part of this series, we lingered in the Garden of Gethsemane, listening to Jesus’s words: “Stay awake with me.” We considered how those words might be heard as invitation to presence. It's an invitation that...

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Imagine how evening, with its hush of stillness, has quietly settled over the Garden of Gethsemane. The air is clear and silent under the stars, and the moonlight casts shadows through the olive trees. Jesus, only a shor...

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Spiritual dryness is a quiet, often lonely struggle. It can feel like a desert in your soul—prayers seem empty, God feels distant, and your usual spiritual practices may lose their vitality. If you’re walking through a s...

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Many people carry deep wounds from their experiences with religion—wounds that can leave them feeling disconnected from God, others, and even themselves. Religious wounding often shows up as fear, shame, spiritual drynes...

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For many who come to spiritual direction, there’s a deep longing: to hear God again, to feel connected, to recover a sense of presence. But often, without realizing it, we seek this return through the mind alone. We anal...

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There comes a time, for many of us, when prayer stops working the way it used to.

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