It’s true. I want more control… and in the midst of my acceptance that I cannot have it, I am faced with a deep melancholy. Perhaps the opposite is gratitude.
Category: spiritual formation
We don’t need wealth for wisdom
For those of us who have not traveled around the world, cannot afford to sit with the greatest teachers, or don’t have the resources to take extravagant vision quests, we need not be discouraged. Sometimes those who have seen the world over, have a great difficulty truly seeing what is right in front of them.
Unanswered prayer (part 2)
Folks, I want what I do to be for the village… the community… the place where the spiritual unites with the physical. So, for me, taking classes…… Read more “Unanswered prayer (part 2)”
Unanswered prayer… a response and a theology
Subscribe via email (LINK)… Find me on Facebook! Folks, I want what I do to be for the village… the community… the place where the spiritual unites…… Read more “Unanswered prayer… a response and a theology”
The difficulty of sustaining our prayer life
While prayer can be such a bountiful blessing, a centering practice, and a means of grounding ourselves in wisdom and truth, it is surely not easy. As I said above, we as humans are created with the desire to love and be loved, to know and be known. This is our journey. Unfortunately, we have a will, an ever-striving ego, which essentially drives us to take matters into our own hands, to seize control.
Nathan Bettger | Oshkosh, WI 