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Gratitude: Spiritual Practice Series

Posted on January 16, 2015August 16, 2020 by Michael Rose

Gratitude is more than just saying please and thank you! Gratitude is the proceeds thankfulness. Gratitude is more of an awareness where thankfulness is more thoughtful and action that flows from gratitude. The thank-yous are a social response flowing from gratitude. Gratitude is something we cultivate within ourselves as we begin to shift our thinking from…

Blind Faith – Merton’s Prayer

Posted on January 7, 2015August 23, 2019 by Michael Rose

The following is a prayer by Thomas Merton found in his book entitled Thoughts in Solitude. Thomas Merton was an influential 20th-century Catholic author, popular spiritual writer, poet, author and social activist. A Trappist monk of the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani, in Kentucky, Merton was a prolific writer penning over 60 books and many essays….

Living Awake!

Posted on December 12, 2014November 30, 2017 by Michael Rose

The idea that God can be found in all things has been a rich and welcomed renovation in my life. It is the practice of living awake. I am coming to understand that the mystery that is God cannot be contained by my thoughts and the structures I use to think about God. Neither do…

The difference between Coaching and Spiritual Direction?

Posted on October 17, 2014September 29, 2018 by Michael Rose

What an excellent question and while volumes have been written on Spiritual Direction and life coaching, it is important to understand the two are not the same thing as if Coaching is a more contemporary term for Spiritual Direction. Coaching Christian Life Coaching can be an incredible tool in real life of everyday people, but…

Herman Who? Bible Study with Integrity

Posted on October 15, 2014February 10, 2017 by Michael Rose

We watch the sun rise in the east and set in the west, and on this basis alone one could understandably believe the sun must orbit the earth. Of course, Copernicus settled this for us in the 16th-century proving that the earth orbits the sun but isn’t it true that our point of view influences…

The Welcoming Prayer

Posted on April 4, 2014October 29, 2018 by Michael Rose

Have you ever felt like you are being ambushed by stress, fear, worry, and anxiety? Sometimes the unpleasant feelings can be so overwhelming, making it very difficult to get a proper perspective, focus on the tasks at hand and make good decisions. Here is a useful tool for dealing with these feelings. The Welcoming Prayer…

The Veil Is Thin Tonight

Posted on April 2, 2014April 4, 2014 by Michael Rose

The veil Between heaven And earth Is thin Tonight And You My sweet Love Are most alluring Evasively intoxicating Stretched out Upon the horizon In rapturous Beguiling beauty Gossamer garments Garland Your skin A shimmering tapestry Of timeless, translucent Transcendence Refracting Your radiance Pure light! The reckless raging Maelstrom of Your Love Bursting Into…

Being Fully Alive & The Glory of God

Posted on March 20, 2014January 26, 2018 by Michael Rose

“Gloria Dei vivens homo” proclaimed St. Irenaeus, the second century Bishop of Lyons. It translates generously to “the glory of God is men and women who are truly alive.” He, with great enthusiasm, declares that God is glorified by people like you and me who are fully alive human beings – fully enlivened by divine love…

The Least of These?

Posted on December 4, 2013March 31, 2018 by Michael Rose

Jesus tells a story in Matthews 25 of a King who calls a meeting of his subjects. He said to the group to the right of him, “I want to sincerely thank and commend you. For I was sick, and you cared for me. I was hungry and thirsty, and you fed me and gave…

Jesus. A Parable of God

Posted on November 7, 2013June 11, 2020 by Michael Rose

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. A story can hold so much more than dry propositions or facts and one of the reasons Jesus was such an effective communicator was because He employed stories. In these stories, Jesus could communicate big ideas in a way that they could be more accessible. These stories have come to…