“God is near and God is here, and the good work that God has begun in our lives, the Holy One moving in our lives, will — if we open to it — bring a harvest of righteousness.

“To me renewing the spirit comes through cultivating this graceful moment-by-moment presence through daily meditation, spiritual affirmations, intercessory and petitionary prayers, and reiki healing touch. Others may have other paths toward passional and growing ministry.

“In pausing, noticing, and responding, in experiencing the Living Jesus, the Intimate Spirit, within and around us, not as private but as the healing force flowing through all things, we find renewal. In embodied spirituality, contemplative activism, we become agents of creative transformation, healing the world one act at a time.” (Bruce G. Epperly)