by Chris Manion | Mar 16, 2020 | Blog, Writing
Doing Lent together? Do you have a sense of this? Most of us go through Lent in a private way. Perhaps that’s not the best way. If you’ll join me in our Lenten journey together, I must tell you I’ve already failed my Lenten practice and it’s...
by Chris Manion | Jan 20, 2018 | Blog, Writing
For the last five years or so, I’ve chosen a word for the year. It focuses on me; gives pathways to my thoughts and intentions. I like it! The year I retired, my word was JOY. This year, I tried a program that generates a word for you. The word I received...
by Chris Manion | Aug 30, 2017 | Blog, Writing
God answers prayers. I heard this all my life and was pretty sure people who told me this might be slightly mistaken. It seemed to me that I didn’t get any answers when I prayed. Sure, every once in a while, I’d pay attention to the fact that I did get...
by Chris Manion | Jun 4, 2017 | Writing
At a meeting years ago in River Forest, IL where I used to live, Ed Jeep asked the group: “Who do you pray to: The Father, The Son or The Holy Spirit?” Of the ten or twelve people in the Lawrence’s living room that night, I remember being the only...
by Chris Manion | May 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
We belong to God. We belong. It’s the most core psychological need we have according to Maslov. Fatigue makes us forget sometimes that we belong to God. That we give Him delight when we make ourselves still and let Him sing His song in our heart. The title of...