Today, I invite you to have some respite and make "this 'now', heaven" as my guest Paul J. Pastor puts it. Paul will be reading a bit from his book "The Listening Day" and we will be talking about his life growing up in the Christian faith and learning from inspiring people and how he came to be a writer. Best of all, we will be relaxing in the beauty and reflection of hearing a few readings; and reveling in how language can soak in meaningfully and lavishly into us and soothe our souls, as it were, as Paul reads us two entries. Devotional readings, such as the one he has created, provide us with a way to center our days apart and against the turmoil and unpredictability of our world and hopefully you will get a taste of this enlivening spiritual practice today. Enjoy.

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-Lisa