Spiritual Practices
of the Day

Marc Ian Barasch in Field Notes on the Compassionate Life
A society based on universal compassion . . .

St. Therese of Lisieux quoted in The Lure of Saints by Jon Sweeney
God is even kinder . . .

Sylvia Boorstein in It's Easier Than You Think
Grumbling doesn't make anything better . . .

Wayne Teasdale in A Monk in the World
As our world becomes smaller . . .

Philip Toshio Sudo in Zen 24/7
The stop sign reminds us . . .

Gerald Jampolsky
To be impatient is to be hooked...

Brenda Ueland in Finding What You Didn't Lose
Listening is a magnetic and strange...

Jim Wallis in The Soul of Politics
Only a renewed consciousness . . .

Jelaluddin Rumi in Unseen Rain, Quatrains of Rumi
Keep walking, though there's no place...

Joseph Wood Krutch in The Desert Year
In nature, one never really sees a thing...

Sue Bender in Everyday Sacred
On the day of their marriage...

Joan Chittister in Becoming Fully Human
The things we call impossible . . .

Rollo May in The Courage to Create
If you do not express...

Barbara Cawthorne Crafton in Meditations on the Book of Psalms
You explore the spirit of God . . .

Jane Wagner in The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
See, the human mind is kind of like...

Therapist in Good Will Hunting
Bad things draw our attention...

Henry David Thoreau in Essays and Other Writings
Goodness is the only investment...

Alan Jones in "Seasons of Grace"
Waiting time in the doctor's office . . .

His Holiness The Dalai Lama in The Path to Tranquility
If we want a genuine smile . . .

Robert Frager quoted in The Wisdom of Islam
If you put the world between you and God . . .

Gracie Allen quoted in the United Church of Christ's God Is Still Speaking Campaign
Never put a period . . .

Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi in Jewish with Feeling
Any act that protects life . . .

Jim Wallis in The Soul of Politics
Reconnecting politics to our best values . . .

Herman Hesse
Within you there is a stillness...

Merle Shain in Hearts That We Broke Long Ago
The roots of love sink down and deep...

Anthony de Mello in Awakening
The Master overheard an actress...

Reuben Welch quoted in The Body Broken by Robert Benson
What people really need . . .

William Sloane Coffin in Credo
Courage means . . .

Eknath Easwaran in To Love Is to Know Me
Our mental atmosphere can be polluted...

William Sloane Coffin in Credo
God's love . . .

Saint Seraphim of Sarov in The Spiritual Wisdom and Practices of Early Christianity
No spiritual exercise is as good...

Rami M. Shapiro in Hasidic Tales: Annotated and Explained
The stories we tell . . .

Rachel Carson in Full Esteem Ahead
If a child is to keep alive...

Macrina Wiederkehr in A Grateful Heart
O God, help me to believe the truth...

Roger Payne in Talking on the Water
Whales and redwoods both make us feel small...

Metchild of Magdeburg in You Already Know What to Do
I, God, am your playmate...

Jae Woong Kim in Polishing the Diamond, Enlightening the Mind
Fear about how one will support oneself . . .

David K. Reynolds in Thirsty, Swimming in the Lake
If you slam a door . . .

G. K. Chesterton quoted in Celebrate Your Child by Richard Carlson
Taking things with gratitude . . .

Beth Ferris in Finding What You Didn't Lose
Then there is the listening...

Daniel Homan in Radical Hospitality
Hospitality is . . .

Hazrat Inayat Khan quoted in The Exquisite Risk
God breaks the heart . . .

Diane Ackerman in A Natural History of Love
The heart is a museum...

Cheri Huber in The Fear Book
Every time we choose safety . . .

Charlotte Joko Beck in Finding What You Didn't Lose
We need to approach our state of mind...

German proverb
In America, an hour is...

Clark Strand in The Wooden Bowl
I once saw a cartoon...

Samuel H. Miller in The Dilemma of Modern Belief
In the muddled mess of this world . . .

Michael Grosso in Soulmaker
Great dreams contain inexhaustible truths...

George Sheehan in Going the Distance
Play is as essential . . .

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