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Reflections for a Slow and Sacred Life: Finding Stillness, Meaning, and Presence in a Hurried World.

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    The Hidden Wellspring: Drawing Inner Peace from Deep Waters

    May 2, 2025 - By Dave Spence

    Offering practical meditations on finding lasting peace within. Beneath the noise of the world, beneath the endless turning of events…

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    On Bearing Witness: The Art of Remaining Human in Inhuman Times

    May 1, 2025 - By Dave Spence

    Reflecting on how simply witnessing with compassion can be a form of radical hope and moral courage. There are mornings…

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    On Endurance and the Long View: Patience as a Form of Resistance

    April 30, 2025 - By Dave Spence

    Inviting reflection on the slow, often invisible work of cultivating a better future. I wonder if you, like me, have…

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    On Choosing Faithfulness Over Success: A Forgotten Measure of the Good Life

    April 29, 2025 - By Dave Spence

    A reflection on how the commitment to integrity and love matters more than external achievements. In an age such as…

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    On Radical Hospitality: Welcoming the Stranger in an Age of Fear

    April 28, 2025 - By Dave Spence

    A Reflection on Reimagining Hope through the ancient practice of welcoming and embracing the “other.” Permit me, if you will,…

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    On Fear and Faith

    April 27, 2025 - By Dave Spence

    A reflection on the quiet courage of trust This morning, as I sit beside the familiar window where the light…

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    Nurturing Faith in the Midst of Despair

    April 26, 2025 - By Dave Spence

    A Reflection on Trust, Patience, and the Quiet Strength of the Soul This morning, I write to you from a…

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    On the Quiet Power of Radical Hope

    April 25, 2025 - By Dave Spence

    Reflections in an Age of Uncertainty In the hush of early morning, with the kettle just beginning its gentle rumble…

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    On the Art of Inner Stillness

    April 24, 2025 - By Dave Spence

    Overcoming Anger with a Peace That Is Incomprehensible It seems to me that we are living in a time when…

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    The Love That Remains – A Reflection Inspired by Pope Francis 

    April 23, 2025 - By Dave Spence

    A Letter from the Quiet: On Disillusionment, Inner Love, and the Witness of Pope Francis  I must admit, I write…

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