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Lilias Trotter: A Legacy of Complete Abandonment to God

To see Lilias “was to catch a glimpse of ‘that sweet-smiling Jesus.’” Mimi Dixon holds up the life of Lilias Trotter as a model of joyful, Christlike obedience.
Miriam Dixon
Miriam Dixon
February 17, 2023
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Any Little Humble Path

Lilias Trotter’s biographer, Miriam Rockness, shares personal reflections on two diary entries from the missionary whose art and words left a treasure trove of spiritual wisdom.
Miriam Rockness
Miriam Rockness
Featured February 17, 2023 (Original Apr 2019 )
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Ready to Be Offered

What holds us back from total freedom to do God’s will? Lilias Trotter creates a parable from the dandelion to examine the “way out” of self-centeredness into selfless service.
Lilias Trotter
Lilias Trotter
Featured February 17, 2023 (Original Dec 2024 )
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Awake and Connected to Our Divine Parent

Lacy Borgo invites us to strengthen our connection with God by learning from the movements of young children towards their parents and from the prayer-movements of Daniel in Babylon.
Lacy Finn Borgo
Lacy Finn Borgo
February 10, 2023
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Discovering and Rediscovering God’s Goodness

“We all carry a seed of God within,” writes Russell Tillman. “Perhaps the way to nourish this seed and to allow it to blossom and grow is to learn to embrace all things as from God.”
Russell Tillman
Russell Tillman
February 10, 2023
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Love’s Imparting

Three readings—two recent and one from the 15th century—unpack the biblical image of God as Lover and humans as Beloved.
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Nicholas of Cusa & Richard J. Foster & John O'Donohue
Featured February 10, 2023 (Original Dec 2024 )
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Freedom in the Frame

Katelyn Dixon writes that painful experiences can actually provide a frame—a narrowing of focus—that brings comprehensible tastes of God’s glory to our attention.
Katelyn J. Dixon
Katelyn J. Dixon
February 3, 2023
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Praying with Our Eyes

“Visio divina is the practice of letting God tell a story to our soul by ‘reading’ us a picture book.” Vivianne David offers helpful prompts for gazing at a piece of art and listening to the Spirit.
Vivianne David
Vivianne David
February 3, 2023
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Going in Search of God’s Vocabulary

The journals of Frank Laubach reveal his experiments with hearing God in “beauty and singing birds and cool breezes, in radiant Christlike faces, in sacrifices and in tears.”
Frank Laubach
Frank Laubach
Featured February 3, 2023 (Original Jan 1956 )
Rest

The Spiritual Discipline of Rest

Richella Parham gently bids us to listen not only to our bodies but to our souls, and give both the rest they so need.
Richella Parham
Richella Parham
Featured January 27, 2023 (Original Aug 2016 )