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God With Us, God Within Us

Reese LeBlanc | June 24, 2021June 24, 2021

<img width="800" height="586" src="https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/SOM_VAG_BATVG_P_1900_6-001.jpeg?fit=800%2C586&ssl=1" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image lazyload lazyload" alt="" itemprop="image" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/SOM_VAG_BATVG_P_1900_6-001.jpeg?w=800&ssl=1 800w, https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/SOM_VAG_BATVG_P_1900_6-001.jpeg?resize=300%2C220&ssl=1 300w, https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/SOM_VAG_BATVG_P_1900_6-001.jpeg?resize=768%2C563&ssl=1 768w, https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/SOM_VAG_BATVG_P_1900_6-001.jpeg?resize=610%2C447&ssl=1 610w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" />

In this article, Reese LeBlanc examines the layers of a story found in the Synoptics, stressing God’s proximity.

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Morsels and Mountains

Reese LeBlanc | June 22, 2021June 23, 2021

<img width="1150" height="785" src="https://i2.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/callist3.jpeg?fit=1150%2C785&ssl=1" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image lazyload lazyload" alt="" itemprop="image" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/callist3.jpeg?w=1150&ssl=1 1150w, https://i2.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/callist3.jpeg?resize=300%2C205&ssl=1 300w, https://i2.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/callist3.jpeg?resize=1024%2C699&ssl=1 1024w, https://i2.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/callist3.jpeg?resize=768%2C524&ssl=1 768w, https://i2.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/callist3.jpeg?resize=610%2C416&ssl=1 610w, https://i2.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/callist3.jpeg?resize=1080%2C737&ssl=1 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px" />

In this piece, Reese LeBlanc considers bread, fish, and an age in need.

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Tuesday Tip With Rich: I Do Not Have Time To Practice

Rich Lewis | June 22, 2021June 22, 2021

<img width="1280" height="853" src="https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Tuesday-Tip-6.22.jpg?fit=1280%2C853&ssl=1" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image lazyload lazyload" alt="" itemprop="image" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Tuesday-Tip-6.22.jpg?w=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Tuesday-Tip-6.22.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Tuesday-Tip-6.22.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&ssl=1 1024w, https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Tuesday-Tip-6.22.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Tuesday-Tip-6.22.jpg?resize=610%2C407&ssl=1 610w, https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Tuesday-Tip-6.22.jpg?resize=1080%2C720&ssl=1 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px" />

In this week’s tip on Centering Prayer, Rich Lewis talks about not having time to practice your sit.

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Little Joy

Kimberly Holman | June 15, 2021June 15, 2021

<img width="1920" height="1278" src="https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/sheep-5081859_1920.jpg?fit=1920%2C1278&ssl=1" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image lazyload lazyload" alt="" itemprop="image" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/sheep-5081859_1920.jpg?w=1920&ssl=1 1920w, https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/sheep-5081859_1920.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/sheep-5081859_1920.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&ssl=1 1024w, https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/sheep-5081859_1920.jpg?resize=768%2C511&ssl=1 768w, https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/sheep-5081859_1920.jpg?resize=1536%2C1022&ssl=1 1536w, https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/sheep-5081859_1920.jpg?resize=610%2C406&ssl=1 610w, https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/sheep-5081859_1920.jpg?resize=1080%2C719&ssl=1 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px" />

Kimberly Holman shares a poem about how to allow the little joys of life to come and go.

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Behold the face of god, great mystery, great healer

Roger Butts | June 11, 2021June 15, 2021

<img width="414" height="414" src="https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/138899129_2128332717301420_9077023431799742399_n.jpg?fit=414%2C414&ssl=1" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image lazyload lazyload" alt="" itemprop="image" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/138899129_2128332717301420_9077023431799742399_n.jpg?w=414&ssl=1 414w, https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/138899129_2128332717301420_9077023431799742399_n.jpg?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1 300w, https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/138899129_2128332717301420_9077023431799742399_n.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px" />

Someone asked me if I believed in God.I said I once did. Then I didn’t. Then I did. Then I didn’t again.And now you know I do. And you know…

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Tuesday Tip With Rich: Deepen Your Practice

Rich Lewis | June 8, 2021June 7, 2021

<img width="640" height="427" src="https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/seascape-4844697_640.jpg?fit=640%2C427&ssl=1" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image lazyload lazyload" alt="" itemprop="image" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/seascape-4844697_640.jpg?w=640&ssl=1 640w, https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/seascape-4844697_640.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/seascape-4844697_640.jpg?resize=610%2C407&ssl=1 610w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" />

In this week’s tip on Centering Prayer, Rich Lewis talks about how to deepen your practice.

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Seeds of Devotion: A Podcast Episode with Roger Butts

Contemplative Light | June 1, 2021May 30, 2021

<img width="1920" height="1274" src="https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/dandelion-1452219_1920.jpg?fit=1920%2C1274&ssl=1" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image lazyload lazyload" alt="" itemprop="image" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/dandelion-1452219_1920.jpg?w=1920&ssl=1 1920w, https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/dandelion-1452219_1920.jpg?resize=300%2C199&ssl=1 300w, https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/dandelion-1452219_1920.jpg?resize=1024%2C679&ssl=1 1024w, https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/dandelion-1452219_1920.jpg?resize=768%2C510&ssl=1 768w, https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/dandelion-1452219_1920.jpg?resize=1536%2C1019&ssl=1 1536w, https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/dandelion-1452219_1920.jpg?resize=610%2C405&ssl=1 610w, https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/dandelion-1452219_1920.jpg?resize=1080%2C717&ssl=1 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px" />

Begin your day with a meaningful, meditative spiritual practice. A new podcast with Roger Butts, author of Seeds of Devotion: Weekly Contemplations on Faith.

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A World Infused by Love

Kimberly Holman | June 1, 2021May 31, 2021

<img width="1920" height="1189" src="https://i2.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/bumblebee-gas-3863086_1920.jpg?fit=1920%2C1189&ssl=1" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image lazyload lazyload" alt="" itemprop="image" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/bumblebee-gas-3863086_1920.jpg?w=1920&ssl=1 1920w, https://i2.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/bumblebee-gas-3863086_1920.jpg?resize=300%2C186&ssl=1 300w, https://i2.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/bumblebee-gas-3863086_1920.jpg?resize=1024%2C634&ssl=1 1024w, https://i2.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/bumblebee-gas-3863086_1920.jpg?resize=768%2C476&ssl=1 768w, https://i2.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/bumblebee-gas-3863086_1920.jpg?resize=1536%2C951&ssl=1 1536w, https://i2.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/bumblebee-gas-3863086_1920.jpg?resize=610%2C378&ssl=1 610w, https://i2.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/bumblebee-gas-3863086_1920.jpg?resize=1080%2C669&ssl=1 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px" />

Please enjoy a mystical poem about hope by Kimberly Holman.

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Last Look

Reese LeBlanc | June 1, 2021May 30, 2021

<img width="1920" height="1280" src="https://i0.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/hybrid-6274156_1920.jpg?fit=1920%2C1280&ssl=1" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image lazyload lazyload" alt="" itemprop="image" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/hybrid-6274156_1920.jpg?w=1920&ssl=1 1920w, https://i0.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/hybrid-6274156_1920.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/hybrid-6274156_1920.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/hybrid-6274156_1920.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/hybrid-6274156_1920.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/hybrid-6274156_1920.jpg?resize=610%2C407&ssl=1 610w, https://i0.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/hybrid-6274156_1920.jpg?resize=1080%2C720&ssl=1 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px" />

Reese LeBlanc offers a stunning biographical poem full of insight and life lessons learned. Not to be missed. Enjoy!

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Tuesday Tip With Rich: The Fruits Of Centering Prayer

Rich Lewis | May 25, 2021May 24, 2021

<img width="640" height="359" src="https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/fresh-fruits-2305192_640.jpg?fit=640%2C359&ssl=1" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image lazyload lazyload" alt="" itemprop="image" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/fresh-fruits-2305192_640.jpg?w=640&ssl=1 640w, https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/fresh-fruits-2305192_640.jpg?resize=300%2C168&ssl=1 300w, https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/fresh-fruits-2305192_640.jpg?resize=610%2C342&ssl=1 610w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" />

In this week’s tip on Centering Prayer, Rich Lewis talks about the fruits of Centering Prayer.

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