The Cheerful Giver Descends Into Silence
In centering prayer, we learn to release our thoughts — not to grasp, not to cling, but to let each one drift past like a...
This is tradition perspectives on generosity, drawing on 2 Corinthians 9:7.
In centering prayer, we learn to release our thoughts — not to grasp, not to cling, but to let each one drift past like a leaf on moving water. Thomas Merton called this the prayer of "letting go into God." What we rarely consider is that generosity begins in exactly this same interior movement. Paul writes that God loves a cheerful giver.…
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