Devotions based on David Benner’s book, Soulful Spirituality Our journey to full personhood takes a lifetime and is not completed until death. Death is an important part of our journey and the last stage of our lives.  Spirituality is essential to our whole life. In the first stage of our lives from childhood to midlife…

Devotions based on David Benner’s book, Soulful Spirituality We are soul and we are spirit and both call us on a journey. Spirit is dynamic, energizing, and enriching. It gives us energy to live life to the full. Without Spirit we have no life. Spirit sustains us and gives us purpose and direction to life.…

Devotions based on David Benner’s book, Soulful Spirituality St. Irenaeus reminds us, “God is glorified when we are fully alive.” The lifelong journey for all of us human beings involves growth in freedom, an opening up of our hearts to others, stepping out from behind the walls of our fears and prejudice, and discovering our…

Devotions based on David Benner’s book, Soulful Spirituality How do we respond to our deepest longings and desires that we all have?  Benner gives 3 ways that we deal with them. The first way is ego-inflation where we pursue the gratification without much attempt to channel the energy. This may be a life of boundless…

Devotions based on David Benner’s book, Soulful Spirituality Life is a journey of becoming our true self in God. Spirituality can and should help us become all that we, as humans, can be.. “Any religion or spirituality that seeks to make us less than, more than, or other than human is dangerous.” Our bodies connect…

Devotions based on Albert Haase’s book, This Sacred Moment When we are led by the Spirit we will be open to the unmet needs of others in this present moment. Our commitment is characterized by four more traits of the Spirit’s fruit as found in Gal. 5: love, kindness, generosity, and faithfulness. Love is the…

Devotions based on Albert Haase’s book, This Sacred  Moment How do we discern the Spirit’s presence in our lives?  Sometimes we forget to give full rein to the Spirit and to follow His lead, and not our own. “A selfless response to God’s call in this sacred moment is a reliable indicator that we are…

Devotions based on Albert Haase’s book, This Sacred Moment At the heart of Jesus teaching is denying and losing one’s life for the sake of others. A good example is Mother Teresa and her Missionaries of Charity. As a priest, Haase never met women so committed to a life of such self-lessness for the sake…

Devotions based on Albert Haase’s book, This Sacred Moment I wonder how often we are hindered from responding to God’s call in our lives by an emotional attachment to self-concern, self-image, Self-gratification, or self-preservation.When we are self-concerned we are focused on ourselves and our own interests that obstruct a selfless response to what is sacred…

Devotions based on Albert Haase’s book, This Sacred Moment The spiritual practice of ongoing discernment is often intuitive and we may ask ourselves what would Jesus do and how would He do it? We are told to be awake, be watchful and the author names 3 practices that help us to be alert. 1. Prayer.…