prayer
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In This Moment
I’m not particularly good at yoga. I keep on going because, maybe, one day I’ll reach my toes or balance on one foot without toppling over. But this week, it was different. I still lost my balance—several times—but the instructor continuously reminded us to be conscious of ourselves, right now. Her repeated mantra stuck in Continue reading
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Strength in Fasting
I’ll be the first to admit that I enjoy eating. Perhaps too much. I eat if I’m hungry, or excited, or sad, or angry. I eat out of boredom. I eat because it’s there, which is dangerous in an office environment where you sit near the communal snack table. Needless to say, fasting isn’t at Continue reading
And they said to him, “Inquire of God, we pray thee, that we may know whether the journey on which we are setting out will succeed.”
And the priest said to them, “Go in peace. The journey on which you go is under the eye of the LORD.”
—Judges 18:5–6