Spiritual Readings                "Greetings from Whittier Presbyterian Church"

Email of Jan. 19, 2001

 Our life of prayer, or life in the spirit, can be compared to a journey, as it often it.  Here are some words form Thomas Keating, in his wonderful book “Intimacy with God” on that spiritual journey.

 Every bit of progress means an enormous benefit for us and for everyone else in the human race.  To be on this journey is really the greatest contribution one can make to the human family.  This journey does not just involve what happens in prayer; rather, what happens in prayer enables us to live daily life as a continuation of the purification process.  The ups and downs of daily life, including its very everydayness, are the arena in which the Christian journey takes place.  God is in solidarity with our lives and deaths, just as they are.  Perfection does not consist in feeling perfect or  being perfect, but in doing what we are supposed to do without noticing it:  loving people without taking any credit.  Just doing it.

 May you recall always that your journey is in God’s hands and that God loves you with a never ending love.

Grace & peace to you all

Geoff