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I thought nothing of this Pieta when I saw it in the Church of St. Giles off a busy side street in Prague.

I documented it anyway.

It was later in the evening after editing the shot and after going to bed that I awoke from a shallow sleep, haunted. This image was on my mind and under my skin. The agony depicted in this shot didn’t take immediately…

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Day by Day
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Day by Day

“Day by day” is a phrase you’ll often hear me say. 

A friend recently asked me why I use it so often, especially when asked “How are you doing?” 

I had an answer but it was a long one…

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Spiritual exercise: Breath prayer
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Spiritual exercise: Breath prayer

Is it sometimes difficult to know what words to pray? Have you ever felt like prayer is hard?

“Breathing is an unconscious thing. And breath prayer reminds us that just as we can’t live on one breath of air, we can’t live on one breath of God.”—by Adele Calhoun

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Trust the Slow Work of God.

We enter into this new year, armed with goals and resolutions. We found our word for the year and are motivated to see something new, do something new, have something new, be something new…

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