Prayer Nuggets #5
Here are some nuggets from my private prayers that I’ve been outwardly working on lately:
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Polly Preaching #1 (Forgiveness)
Forgiveness is the other side of the coin of healing. Because Jesus could forgive sins, he healed. Do it too.
Feel Something Larger (quote by Nando Parrado)
I did not feel God as most people see Him. I did feel something larger than myself, something in the mountains and the glaciers and the glowing sky that, in rare moments, reassured me, and made me feel that the world was orderly and loving and good…
There Must Be One Human Family (Harry Emerson Fosdick Quote)
Get together; you are fighting against the inevitable when you try to live in isolated alienation on the basis of your old political and imperialistic divisions…
Prayer Nuggets #4
Here are some nuggets from my private prayers that I’ve been outwardly working on lately:
The Power of a Better Premise (New Poem by Polly Castor)
Can you see how
This different premise
Brings an improved conclusion
Literally resulting
In universal salvation?
An Alphabet of What God Is and Isn’t
Studying this list helps remind me to claim my own qualities and attributes that are derived directly from God.
Prayer Nuggets #3
Here are some nuggets from my private prayers that I’ve been outwardly working on lately:
Apt Analogy: God as Mother (Author Unknown)
– “In a mother’s womb were two babies. One asked the other: “Do you believe in life after delivery?”The other replied, “Why, of course. There has to be something after delivery. Maybe we are here to prepare ourselves for what we will be later.” “Nonsense” said the first. “There is no life after delivery. What … Read more
Two Lists from Reading the Bible Lesson on Man
When reading the Bible lesson this morning Whit Larson was inspired to write down a list of:
1) What God does for man, and
2) What I do.
Freedom From Yourself (Deep Think #1)
I’m realizing that if I focus solely on the present moment, I have no story pinned to me, and no past or future comes into play unless I let it.
A Wayside Sacrament (a Charles Kingsley Quote with Photos)
Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful.
Beauty is God’s hand-writing – a wayside sacrament…
Response to Violence in Charlottesville: God Loves Variety
I thought this letter to the editor by my colleague on our local Ridgefield Clergy Association was a brilliant and needed response following the horrible happenings in Charlottesville.
Honoring the Unseen (New Poem by Polly Castor)
Recently a friend
complimented a woman
on her gorgeous sari
and was shown
the intricate stitching
on the inside where
it would never be seen
as well as the detailed
filigree on the backs
of her stunning earrings
that no one would ever notice.
Sharing Ramadan
The whole event was a great way to open up to the community, build relationships, and remove misinformation and stereotypes. What a good example for the rest of us!
Christian Science Translates God
It is the infinite calculus defining the line, plane, space, and fourth dimension of Spirit.
Whistling Swans (poem by Mary Oliver)
Do you bow your head when you pray or do you look
up into that blue space?