Tag Archives: Doing Good
Consecrating the Common Deed
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The Saga of the Shopping Cart ~ Life-Line
Today's Life-Line is:
There’s something about taking the cart back instead of leaving it in the parking lot…It’s significant…Because somebody has to take them in…And if you know that, and you do it for that one guy, you do something else. Read more [...]
TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 9/25/18
I have used the story below in a variety of settings and contexts since 1999 when I first read it in the Jesuit Review America Magazine. It is based on a real life experience and, as it turns out, is a contemporary rendering of a very old, and very Read more [...]
Life-Line
Today's Life-Line is:
Truly! Truly! By God! By God! Be as sure of it as you are that God lives: at the least good deed done here in this world, the least bit of good will, the least good desire, all the saints in heaven and on earth rejoice, and together Read more [...]
Everyday Spirituality: Finding God in All Things
Context:
This past Sunday the spiritual formation community I lead gathered. Our theme was "In the Chapel of Eggs: Prayer and Daily Living." Yesterday I sent H&H members a brief reflection on fixed-hour prayer that is most visibly seen in the intentional Read more [...]
Life-Line
Today's Life-Line is:
Do all the good you can
By all the means you can
In all the ways you can
In all the places you can
At all the times you can
To all the people you can
As long as ever you can.
~ John Wesley, Journal, 1790 Read more [...]