Join Sumer as she creates a space for us to be present with ourselves and with God right where we are. This week’s episode will feature the Prayer of the Farm Workers’ Struggle by Cesar Chavez .  May these words be kind companions along your journey.

Join Sumer as she creates a space for us to be present with ourselves and with God right where we are. This week’s episode will feature a prayer by John Philip Newell from his book Celtic Benediction.  May these words be kind companions along your journey.

“In the beginning, O God,

your Spirit swept over the chaotic deep like a wild wind

and creation was born.

In the turbulence of my own life

and the unsettled waters of the world today

let there be new birthings of your Spirit.

In the currents of my own heart

and the upheavals of the world today

let there be new birthings of your mighty Spirit.”

Join Sumer as she creates a space for us to be present with ourselves and with God right where we are. This week’s episode will feature John 15: 1-8 from the Common English Bible.  May these words be kind companions along your journey.

Join Sumer as she creates a space for us to be present with ourselves and with God right where we are. This week’s episode will feature Colossians 1: 15-20 from the Common English Bible.  May these words be kind companions along your journey.

Join Sumer as she creates a space for us to be present with ourselves and with God right where we are. This week’s episode will feature a small portion of text on gratitude from Thoughts in Solitude by Thomas Merton.  May these words be kind companions along your journey.

"To be grateful is to recognize the Love of God in everything

He has given us - and He has given us everything. Every breath

we draw is a gift of His love, every moment of existence is a grace,

for it brings with it immense graces from Him. Gratitude therefore 

takes nothing for granted, is never unresponsive, is constantly 

awakening to new wonder and to praise of the goodness of God.

For the grateful person knows that God is good, not by hearsay but by

experience. And that is what makes all the difference."

-Thomas Merton, Thoughts in Solitude

Join Sumer as she creates a space for us to be present with ourselves and with God right where we are. This week’s episode will feature Psalm 22, The Psalm of the Cross. Take time this Holy Week to pause and reflect on this prophetic psalm that gives a glimpse into Jesus’ mind while on the cross.  May these words be kind companions along your journey.

Join Sumer as she creates a space for us to be present with ourselves and with God right where we are. Today’s episode features a morning prayer from Celtic Benediction by John Philip Newell.  May these words be kind companions along your journey.

"For the first showings of the morning light

and the emerging outline of the day

thanks be to you, O God.

For earth's colours drawn forth by the sun

its brilliance piercing clouds of darkness

and shimmering through leaves and flowing waters

thanks be to you.

Show to me this day 

amidst life's dark streaks of wrong and suffering

the light that endures in every person.

Dispel the confusions that cling close to my soul

that I may see with eyes washed by your grace

that I may see myself and all people 

with eyes cleansed by the freshness of the new day's light."

- Celtic Benediction by J. Philip Newell

Join Sumer as she creates a space for us to be present with ourselves and with God right where we are. Today’s episode features Sumer sharing how the false narratives she has held about God have changed and a reading of 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 substituting God for love.  May these words be kind companions along your journey.

Join Sumer as she creates a space for us to be present with ourselves and with God right where we are. Today’s episode features 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 from the Common English Bible, The Message and The New Testament for Everyone.  May these words be kind companions along your journey.

Join Sumer as she creates a space for us to be present with ourselves and with God right where we are. Today’s episode features 1 John 4:7-21 from The Message.  May these words be kind companions along your journey.

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