The Next Right Thing: A Simple, Soulful Practice for Making Life Decisions
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The Next Right Thing: A Simple, Soulful Practice for Making Life Decisions
I hope your jagged edges are beginning to smooth, allowing you to feel the presence of Jesus with you in every ordinary moment. I hope these words are creating space for your soul to breathe so that you can name the unnamed things within you and discern your next right thing in love. I hope your narrative of God is shaping into one that is more tru
... See moreIf you’re in a time of transition and want to gather your own co-listening group, here are some simple things to keep in mind.
Sometimes I wonder if the reason he seems to move so slowly within and around us is because he knows we need time to let our blacks and whites move toward a more layered gradient of gray.
No matter what room we find ourselves in, help us to remember that because of Christ: We are free to holler with the world changers. We are free to ponder with the contemplatives. We are free to campaign with the activists and be still with the liturgists. We are free to be quiet and free to be loud. We are free to live in the center, on the side,
... See morethe simple, soulful practice this book is based upon: get still and quiet, create a little space for the soul, ask God what he needs me to know, and finally name what has yet to have a name.
Consider this: the only person you’re guaranteed to be with every day of your life is you. It doesn’t get much more home than that. So maybe it’s time to make some peace.
But if my role is undefined, or if it’s a social situation where I don’t know people well, or if I attend a gathering where someone else in the room shares my role and the lines are unclear, I have a tendency to fly far from my center both during and after. When this scattering happens, it’s often a clue that I’m living out of my false narrative fe
... See morea big part of discerning your next right step is knowing and understanding what you really want to do.
How might I, in union with the Trinity, receive other people and respond as myself? How might I lean in to my identity as beloved and cooperate with the Father, Son, and Spirit by creating space for people to step out of their own false story and wake up to their unique contribution to the making-new of all creation?