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Featured Poetry

Patrice Bavos – Sedona Prayer

May 15, 2022May 12, 2022 Nicholas Trandahl

New Jersey poet Patrice Bavos offers a gracious praise poem of a spiritual place with her lovely "Sedona Prayer".

Tagged desert, history, homage, nature, ode, Poem, poet, Poetry, prayer, sacred1 Comment
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Book Bits

The Sacred is the Everyday – Joan Chittister

May 11, 2020May 11, 2020 Vanessa Able

Benedictine nun Joan Chittister sees spirituality not as something contained in sacred places or practices, but as something deeply integrated into our daily lives.

Tagged Christianity, church, daily life, everyday, here and now, ordinary, sacred, Spiritual Practice, Spirituality, Wisdom2 Comments
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