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• A Turn in the Suffering :: When We Can Consider Forgiveness
• A Turn in the Suffering :: When We Become Less Identified With the Circumstances
• A Turn in the Suffering :: When It Creates a Reckoning
• A Turn in the Suffering :: When It Connects to a Broader Scope
• A Turn in the Suffering :: Let It Take as Long as It Takes
• A Turn in the Suffering :: No One Reason Fits All
• A Turn in the Suffering :: What Does It All Mean?
• A Turn in the Suffering :: It's About the Heart
• Taking the Suffering Seriously :: How It Defeats Hope
• Taking the Suffering Seriously :: How It Invites Guilt
• Taking the Suffering Seriously :: How It Invites Grief
• Taking the Suffering Seriously :: How It Exposes Injustice
• Taking the Suffering Seriously :: How We Are Alone In It
• How Are You Doing Out There?
• Taking the Suffering Seriously :: How It Shuts Us Down
• Taking the Suffering Seriously :: How It Makes Us Angry
• Taking the Suffering Seriously :: How It Forms Us
• Taking the Suffering Seriously: A New Exploration
• All That Happens Is ... Perfect?
• The True Self Is Radiant
• What Is Your Simple Prayer?
• You Don't Have to Fix Yourself
• Indirection as a Daily Choice
• Caring for the Body Through Indirection
• Getting to Know God
• What Would It Be Like for You to Walk With Him?
• It Requires Safety
• This Is Good News
• He Wants to Be Chosen by You
• The Path of Progress
• He Loves You
• Knowing Your Belovedness
• On Not Being Alone
• Pulse Check: How Have You Changed?
• After Easter
• He Is Risen, and He Is With Us
• The Women Who Never Left Him
• He Hung There All Alone
• "Will You Watch With Me One Hour?"
• Oh, Judas
• Preparing the Disciples for What Comes Next
• Enter Jerusalem, Enter Conflict and Strife
• Palm Sunday, and Entering Holy Week
• This Is Spiritual Formation
• An Invitation to Join Us
• Pulse Check: What Do You Need?
• What's in Your Heart?
• How Does God Reveal Himself to You?
• Free and Made Alive
• Everything He Creates Is Beautiful
• Discerning Our Way to Trust
• Meeting Jesus on the Beach
• *Pinch, Pinch* Is This Really Happening?
• Jesus Is the Beatitudes, Maybe
• His Center Holds
• Having Fun with Jesus
• Just Being Held
• Love Makes Us Still
• On Inhabiting Ourselves
• Where Are Your Moments of Stillness?
• This Is About Lifelong Growth
• He Knows You
• It Doesn't Have to Look a Certain Way
• Registration Opening Soon for Look at Jesus!
• He Has All the Time in the World
• He Values You
• What Would You Say to Him?
• He Will Sing Over You
• He Wants to Make You Whole
• This Is the Beginning, This Is Prayer
• What Does It Mean for Him to Know You?
• He Wants to Know You
• He Can Handle All Your Truth
• You Don't Have to Clean Yourself Up First
• What Has He Revealed to You?
• Our Most Vulnerable Places, with Love
• How Is He Leading You?
• "Blissfully Unaware": A Valuable Spiritual Practice
• Choosing Grace Today
• "Man Is More Manlike . . ."
• It's Nature and Nurture
• We Form by Degrees
• The True Self, the False Self, and the Reality of Self
• The True Self as Particular and Universal
• What Is It About That Rest?
• Where Is the Strength in Your Life?
• Where Does Your Self Rest?
• He Is Laughing With You
• With You in the Storms
• Maybe, Just Maybe, He Wants to Hold Our Cares for Us
• What Does He Say to Our Shame? The Benefits of a Reverse Perspective
• My Prayer for You Today
• How Grace and Truth Relate
• Pulse Check: What Is Bringing You Joy?
• Our Burden Really Is Light
• Our Role Is Simply to Say Yes
• The True Self is Un-Self-Conscious
• Oriented Toward Encounter, No Matter the Circumstance
• How Do You Connect to God Right Where You Are?
• Living in the True Self
• He Makes It Beautiful
• Room to Be Yourself
• Pulse Check: Your Relationship with God?
• Where I've Been . . .
• Who Is This Jesus? (Part 7): One Who Changes Us
• Who Is This Jesus? (Part 6): One Who Calls
• Who Is This Jesus? (Part 5): One Who Sees the Truth and Gazes On It With You
• Who Is This Jesus? (Part 4): One Who Removes Our Shame
• Who Is This Jesus? (Part 3): One Who Made & Delights in Us
• Who Is This Jesus? (Part 2): One Who Is Humble
• Who Is This Jesus? (Part 1)
• Let's Reflect on Jesus
• Discernment: It's an Embrace of Mystery
• Di Cenere: From the Ashes
• Discernment Concerns a Process, Not a Conclusion
• How Our Foundational Experiences Can Aid Our Discernment III
• A Litany for Thanksgiving
• How Our Foundational Experiences Can Aid Our Discernment II
• How Our Foundational Experiences Can Aid Our Discernment I
• More on Foundational Experiences
• What Are Your Foundational Experiences of God?
• Are You a Thinker or a Feeler, and Other Helpful Considerations
• How Do You Discern?
• Letting the Truth Be the Truth
• He Comes to Us Where We Are
• On Being Tied to Others
• A (Small) Glimpse into Formation
• Understanding Increases Through Largeness of Heart
• Take Me as I Am
• Continued Thoughts on Personality and Silence
• What Is It Like to Consider Going Home?
• Becoming a God-Listener
• The Role of Silence
• The Experience of Silence
• You Needn't Be Scared of Him
• He Completely Understands You
• What Prayer of the Heart Looks Like
• What Brings You Joy and Life?
• Registration Open for Look at Jesus Course!
• How Might You Cultivate Joy and Rest This Weekend?
• The Infinite Patience of God
• Learning Your Heart: Spiritual Direction Helps, Too
• Learning Your Heart: Sometimes Therapy Helps
• Learning Your Heart: Practicing Prayer of the Heart
• Learning Your Heart: Reflect on Key Moments
• Learning Your Heart: Acknowledge Those Subtle Intimations
• Do You Struggle to Know Your Heart?
• Are You in Touch With Your Heart?
• What Are You Disciplined To?
• All the Poor and Powerless
• The Light Is Bright, but It's Good
• Where Has God Been Present to You?
• It's Love, Not Religion
• Introvert or Extrovert: How Do You Connect to God?
• What Are the Wounds?
• Remembering the Grace that Abounds
• Negating the Superhuman: Drinking in the Present Moment
• God Is Greater Than Our Consciousness
• Video: Introducing the Look at Jesus Course
• Are You Friends with Worry?
• Do You Want to Meet Jesus?
• Will You Let Him Hold You?
• More on Limits
• Oh, How He Loves Us
• Acknowledging Our Limits
• Healing Is in His Hands
• What Jesus Is Here to Offer You
• How Do You Receive Love?
• It's Just Jesus
• He Is Praying Over You
• He Is Passionate for You
• Where Does Your Belief in God Come From?
• What Do You Believe About God?
• Trusting God with Our Ego
• How Do the Two Levels of Formation Interact?
• Formation Happens on Two Levels
• Trust in the Messiah
• He Will Lead You Beside Still Waters
• He Will Meet You Where You Are
• What If You Had Encountered Jesus Back Then?
• Jesus Is the Salt
• Imagine Jesus with You
• Consider the Flowers
• A Place to Rest
• He Wants to Know You
• Be Honest
• How Do You Experience God's Love?
• Who Are You Becoming?
• Take Time to Breathe
• You Are Loved and Held
• Where Are the Pieces of Light?
• What Are Your Sources of Wisdom These Days?
• What Is Your Intimate Prayer?
• Sitting on a Bench With Jesus
• How We Are Like the Trees
• God Adores You
• Look at Jesus -- and an Invitation
• What Is Your Perception of Jesus?
• Cultivating a Quiet Heart
• Taking Time to Be Still
• We Are Not Defined by Guilt
• We Are the Chambered Nautilus
• Where Is Your Sacred Place?
• What Happens When Worry Disappears?
• You Need Not Do Anything
• Do You See the Person or their Actions?
• How Are You Just Yourself?
• Trusting God's Presence in Future Moments
• How Is Your Life With God?
• Where Do You Talk With Jesus?
• Jesus as the Good Shepherd
• Are We Willing to Learn Silence?
• Taking Time for Stillness
• What Can He Give You?
• How Does He Heal You?
• How Do You Approach Jesus?
• What Would You Say to God?
• What Is Your Concept of God?
• Sitting Quietly in Prayer
• Time for a New Turn: Journey Toward Nonviolence
• Noticing God in Everyday Life
• Celebrating 31
• Interiorities: "Restore My Soul"
• Interiorities: "You're Valuable"
• Word for the Year: Integrity
• Journey Toward Nonviolence 4: Sitting in Our Sin
• A Bit of Housekeeping Detail
• If Only They Knew How Amazing You Are
• Life Update: A Video
• Journey Toward Nonviolence 3: Facing the Reality of Danger
• Journey Toward Nonviolence 2: Learning the Limits of Our Love
• Journey Toward Nonviolence 1: Encountering Our Fear of "The Other"
• Journey Toward Nonviolence: Getting Started
• A Gift for President Obama
• Interiorities: "You Made Me Fall in Love with You"
• Dying Means Adoring Him Utterly
• The Charter for Compassion
• Of Stars and Wildernesses
• How Does the Beloved Learn to Die?
• Welcome to Still Forming
• I Am Not I
• What Is Contemplative Prayer?
• Eight Long Weeks: The Pepsi Fast
• Interiorities: "I Am With You," Part 2
• Interiorities: "I Receive From You Who I Really Am"
• What About the Violent God of the Old Testament?
• Beyond Belief: Love that Conquers Hate
• What Does the Fast Reveal?
• Interiorities: "I Am With You"
• The Principle of Indirection
• Lord, Why Did You Tell Me to Love?
• Are We Called to Love Al-Qaeda?
• The Root of Injustice: Am I My Brother's Keeper?
• The Difference between Charity and Social Justice