Presence: Experiencing God Each And Every Day

I have a cold for the first time in a long while. And like in Episode #59 - my car breaks down in the same place! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

I am angry about the ongoing, shameful record-breaking shutdown. So I wrote a prayer I'm offering in each of my classes until it ends. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

I am brought to tears hearing "Let Them Come to the Water" sung in mass today. I think about God's call to me to welcome those who come seeking asylum thirsting for peace and safety. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

It is the first significant snow fall of the winter and I am reminded of how beautiful a still ❄️ covered field is. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

I tell my students the 2,400 year old allegory of The Cave as written by Plato and I enjoy live music at the winery and realize how different live music is compared to recorded music. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

The U.S. Catholic Bishops ask us to learn about, pray for and serve migrants and refugees. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

I am struck with much gratitude and deep awe and wonder as I talk with my son during dinner. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

I share my increasing sadness about how much fear is motivating the story that Trump is telling about the Southern Border. I share short stories about my transformative time spent years ago south of the US border in Tijuana, Mexico. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

I tell my classes a parable by Peter Rollins about radical hospitality. And we talk about the symbol of a wall which is keeping out government still closed. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

I record on the 7th about what I took away from the homily I heard in church on Epiphany Sunday. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

A friend at the winery asked my what my podcast is about. In this episode I explain the two quotes about God which a underneath all I am trying to do with these daily reflections. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

I go an visit with a friend today and am able to serve him my helping with a web site and he also served me by listening and offering support. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

My brother-in-law gives us a gift that we watched together a PBS film called "Sacred: Milestones of a Spiritual Life" --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

I connect with a gentleman at the post office who has much on his mind today. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

I take a few moments on the first day of 2019 to reflect back on the podcast which I recorded for every day of 2018. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

The year ends and I share the last evening of 2018 with Program friends and my two teenagers. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

I celebrate with young Lilnoe on her Baptism Day and then am surprised and grateful to be invited to a luncheon afterwards. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

It's Saturday and I worked at the winery again. I told and laughed at a dumb joke told to me and which I told to others and in the laughter I experienced God's Presence. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

I am happy to have an aid for my prayer and meditation here in my basement - a new cool mist diffuser. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

I almost finish a novel, I listen to a novel on audiobook and I go to see the new Spidey film. And I ponder the possible multiverse. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support