Comments on: Longing for God http://uncannyphilosophy.com/life/longing-for-god/ A blog on just about everything Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:43:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: petrina http://uncannyphilosophy.com/life/longing-for-god/comment-page-1/#comment-10554 petrina Sat, 17 Jul 2010 18:23:51 +0000 http://uncannyphilosophy.com/?p=454#comment-10554 heya. this entry of yours reminds me of a conversation we had after your talk on prayer life last year. i remember asking you about silent retreats and their effectiveness, and you were adamant that daily prayer is the thing i really should be looking at. i remember feeling upset because i thought it meant that whatever i experienced or felt there was not validated. but looking back now, from the point of view of a person who is in the process of developing and continuing the habit of daily prayer devotion ... i believe you made sense back then. like exercise. how it's daily exercise that makes a difference in our fitness, not playing futsal or hockey once in while. cheers and God bless! heya.

this entry of yours reminds me of a conversation we had after your talk on prayer life last year.
i remember asking you about silent retreats and their effectiveness, and you were adamant that daily prayer is the thing i really should be looking at. i remember feeling upset because i thought it meant that whatever i experienced or felt there was not validated.
but looking back now, from the point of view of a person who is in the process of developing and continuing the habit of daily prayer devotion … i believe you made sense back then. like exercise. how it’s daily exercise that makes a difference in our fitness, not playing futsal or hockey once in while.

cheers and God bless!

]]> By: week-END update–Uncanny Philosophy http://uncannyphilosophy.com/life/longing-for-god/comment-page-1/#comment-10533 week-END update–Uncanny Philosophy Sun, 11 Jul 2010 12:23:33 +0000 http://uncannyphilosophy.com/?p=454#comment-10533 [...] it’s more about me than Him – whether I WANT to want him,  as I wrote in my previous entry.  But I believe it all starts in the WANT, in the desire to want to draw close to God. I have [...] [...] it’s more about me than Him – whether I WANT to want him,  as I wrote in my previous entry.  But I believe it all starts in the WANT, in the desire to want to draw close to God. I have [...]

]]> By: Nick Padley http://uncannyphilosophy.com/life/longing-for-god/comment-page-1/#comment-10491 Nick Padley Sat, 03 Jul 2010 01:18:44 +0000 http://uncannyphilosophy.com/?p=454#comment-10491 Good thoughts. It's amazing how we can start with the best of intentions and then somehow we forget our resolutions. That's why I like Lent so much - it's an annual way of giving us the kick in the rear that we need sometimes. Keep up the prayers! God bless, —Nick Good thoughts. It’s amazing how we can start with the best of intentions and then somehow we forget our resolutions. That’s why I like Lent so much – it’s an annual way of giving us the kick in the rear that we need sometimes.

Keep up the prayers!

God bless,
—Nick

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