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Abbey of the Arts Wisdom Council member Michael Moore reads Howard Thurman and invites you into 5 minutes of contemplative silence to hold a loving intention for peace, justice, and compassion to flourish in the world.

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Howard Thurman, “How Good to Center Down!” from Meditations of the Heart. (Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1992), pgs. 28–29

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Abbey of the Arts Wisdom Council member Felicia Murrell reads from her book AND: The Restorative Power of Love and invites you into 5 minutes of contemplative silence to hold a loving intention for peace, justice, and compassion to flourish in the world.

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Felicia Murrell, AND: The Restorative Power of Love In An Either/Or World. (PA: Whitaker House, 2024), pgs. 112–113

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Abbey of the Arts Wisdom Council member Melinda Thomas and invites you into 5 minutes of contemplative silence to hold a loving intention for peace, justice, and compassion to flourish in the world.

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Rachel Held Evans, Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church. (Nashville, TN: Nelson Books, 2015), pgs. 232–233

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Abbey of the Arts Wisdom Council member Amber Andreasen reads Cynthia Bourgeault and invites you into 5 minutes of contemplative silence to hold a loving intention for peace, justice, and compassion to flourish in the world.

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version Bible (NIV). (2011). The NIV Bible. https://www.thenivbible.com (Original work published 1978)

Cynthia Bourgeault, Mystical Hope: Trusting in the Mercy of God. (Lanham, Maryland: A Cowley Publications Book; Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2001), pgs. 25 & 86–87

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Abbey of the Arts Wisdom Council member Cassidhe Hart reads Joanna Macy & Molly Brown and invites you into 5 minutes of contemplative silence to hold a loving intention for peace, justice, and compassion to flourish in the world.

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Joanna Macy and Molly Brown, Coming Back to Life. (Gabriola Island, B.C.: New Society Publishers, 2014), pgs. 53–54

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Abbey of the Arts Wisdom Council member Simon Ruth de Voil reads James Finley and invites you into 5 minutes of contemplative silence to hold a loving intention for peace, justice, and compassion to flourish in the world.

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James Finley, from track “Sustained in All Things” on the album Sanctuary: Exploring the Healing Path by Alana Levandosky (AlanaLevandosky.com) & James Finely. “Turning to the Mystics” CAC Podcast with James Finely.

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Abbey of the Arts Wisdom Council member Carmen Acevedo Butcher reads Richard Rohr and invites you into 5 minutes of contemplative silence to hold a loving intention for peace, justice, and compassion to flourish in the world.

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Richard Rohr, excerpts from Yes, And…: Daily Meditations. (Franciscan Media, 2013, 2019) pgs. 91, 652, & 1714 and Eager to Love: The Alternative Way of Francis of Assisi. (Franciscan Media, 2014), pgs. 63 *, 84&5, & 96

*using adapted text from October 4th, 2021’s “Daily Meditation” email

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Abbey of the Arts Wisdom Council member Jo-ed Tome reads Marlene Marburg and invites you into 5 minutes of contemplative silence to hold a loving intention for peace, justice, and compassion to flourish in the world.

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Marlene Marburg, Grace Upon Grace: Savouring the Spiritual Exercises through the Arts. (Morning Star Publishing, 2019), pgs. 29–30

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Abbey of the Arts Wisdom Council member Michael Moore reads Thomas Merton and invites you into 5 minutes of contemplative silence to hold a loving intention for peace, justice, and compassion to flourish in the world.

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Thomas Merton, “Prayer of Unknowing” from Thoughts In Solitude. (New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1999), pg. 79

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Wisdom Council member Kayce Stevens Hughlett reads from her essay and invites you into 5 minutes of contemplative silence to hold a loving intention for peace, justice, and compassion to flourish in the world.

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Kayce Stevens Hughlett, “Joy and Sorrow Are Sisters”, published July 2015 online in her blog: kaycehughlett.com/blog/2015/7/28/joy-and-sorrow-are-sisters

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