http://www.explorefaith.org/index.rss Spiritual guidance for anyone seeking a path to God en-us Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:36:38 GMT-6 http://www.explorefaith.org/resources/books/faith_and_life/healing_words/hope.php Whenever we pilgrims on the way trip over sickness, loss, and other stumbling blocks, it is hope that bolsters our resolve to search for a healing path.... Read more. Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:10:00 GMT-6 405687 http://www.explorefaith.org/resources/books/faith_and_life/healing_words/strength.php According to my friend Bud, a gifted musician and recovering alcoholic, our cultural imperative to "be strong" can be misleading. "Whenever I felt really strong I wanted a drink," he said. "But it took being weak to know that my life needed to change."... Read more. Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:10:00 GMT-6 405592 http://www.explorefaith.org/resources/books/faith_and_life/healing_words/soul.php "When you regard the soul with an open mind, you begin to find the messages that lie within the illness, the corrections that can be found in remorse and other uncomfortable feelings, and the necessary changes requested by depression and anxiety."... Read more. Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:10:00 GMT-6 405690 http://www.explorefaith.org/resources/books/faith_and_life/healing_words/gratitude.php I find it interesting that the English word for "thanks" arose out of Indo- European words for "think" and "thoughtfulness." Although I know there are times when I thoughtlessly say "Thank you" in response to another's words or deeds, my sincerest expressions of gratitude are more thought filled.... Read more. Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:10:00 GMT-6 405694 http://www.explorefaith.org/resources/music/grace_notes/family_differences.php "In My Mother's House" by Kate Campbell from Sing Me Out Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:10:00 GMT-6 405172 http://www.explorefaith.org/prayer/prayer/prayers_for_living/a_prayer_for_before_bible_reading.php Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:09:00 GMT-6 405566 http://www.explorefaith.org/livingspiritually/benedictine_spirituality/always_we_begin_again.php A busy attorney looking for balance in his daily life found the key in the Rule of Saint Benedict. Read here excerpts from John McQuiston's popular book, which reinterprets the rule for contemporary life and offers An Example Weekday Schedule with Seven Stopping Points Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:09:00 GMT-6 405491 http://www.explorefaith.org/livingspiritually/benedictine_spirituality/attaining_balance.php "[Saint] Benedict was quite precise about it all. Time was to be spent in prayer, in sacred reading, in work and in community participation.... It was public as well as private; it was private as well as public. It was balanced." Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:09:00 GMT-6 405282 http://www.explorefaith.org/livingspiritually/benedictine_spirituality/living_with_contradiction.php "The Rule of St. Benedict addresses itself to us, each of us, just as we are. St. Benedict understands human nature, its strengths and weaknesses, limitations and potential. He respects the mystery that each person is, and the result of this is that the thrust of the Rule is never towards dictating, rather it is towards the inner disposition of the heart." So begins the third chapter of Esther de Waal's compelling book. Read here de Waal's insights about how the rule can help us to wholeness in this fragmented world. Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:09:00 GMT-6 405498 http://www.explorefaith.org/livingspiritually/benedictine_spirituality/holy_realism.php Benedictine spirituality does not ignore the difficulties that can plague our lives. It sees life as a whole, with both joys and sorrows, pain and goodness. Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:09:00 GMT-6 405187