Courageous Communication
I think I have shared before that I have wrestled and struggled with “how” to pray. I have many friends with an active prayer life. Sometimes my way of praying has seemed contradictory to theirs. Sometimes this makes me question if I am praying “correctly.”
Can You Dance? (A Prayer)
A conversation, a dance and a prayer.
Deep Cleaning
Cultivating Mindfulness By Lisa Maas I like things tidy…my desk, my garden, my home….my calendar, my finances, my relationships. Just about every day I sweep my floors, make the beds and put toys away; at least I take them to the playroom and then shut the door…quickly! But far less often, I actually mop the [...]
The Busy-ness of Business
Cultivating Mindfulness By Lisa Maas A new member joined Central on Sunday. I listened as the minister welcomed her to “become a part of the life of this congregation.” In the past I thought that meant one should get busy and get to work on a committee or ministry team… join the choir… volunteer in [...]
A Prayer For the Single Ladies
Miss Meg Goes to Washington Meg Biallas Watching from the sidelines (Cue: “Canon in D”). But content. Content in A new book. Joyous in an Exploration From A to Z. Trying new things, seeing the sights. Gaining patience in the daily grind. Walking. A lot. (I really need to learn the bus routes…) Cooking squash [...]
Cultivating Mindfulness: Water Into Wine… or Zucchini Into Zucchini Bread
Cultivating Mindfulness By Lisa Maas For the first time in ten years, I am planting a small vegetable garden. When I was a young girl, my maternal grandfather, Granddaddy Hutchens, kept a very large vegetable garden. Afternoons spent with Granddaddy often meant playing on the tree swing at “the garden.” Many, many times my mother [...]
Cultivating Mindfulness: How do you define prayer? (Part II)
Cultivating Mindfulness By Lisa Maas “A hole is to dig.” Ruth Krauss I’ve had quite a day. This past Sunday, I was privileged to spend a few moments with an extraordinary young woman, her family and her spiritual mentor, just before she entered the waters of baptism. We were in the garden at Central Christian [...]
Prayer: A Prayer for Memorial Day
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Cultivating Mindfulness: How do you define prayer?
Cultivating Mindfulness By Lisa Maas “When we pray, how often do we say: ‘Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening’? More often, I think, we say: ‘Listen, Lord, for your servant is speaking!” ~ Robert Wicks How do you define prayer? My guess is that we each have a unique definition of prayer. Personally, I [...]
Cultivating Mindfulness: Are you sure you don’t pray?
Cultivating Mindfulness By Lisa Maas This past weekend I went to a party and wound up sitting in a corner with a man I hardly know. Remarkably, our conversation turned to prayer. I love these types of “coincidences.” Just days before, I had felt somewhat stressed at the thought of making a weekly contribution to [...]