The Road goes ever on and on Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, And I must follow, if I can, Pursuing it with eager feet, Until it joins some larger way Where many paths and errands meet. And whither then? I cannot say. -J. R. R. Tolkien

Friends and Their Unique Gifts · May 3, 08:12 AM

No two friends are the same. Each has his or her own gift for us. When we expect one friend to have all we need, we will always be hypercritical, never completely happy with what he or she does have.

— Joseph Holbrook | Read More Comment

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Being Sent Into the World · Apr 23, 08:55 AM

Each of us has a mission in life. Jesus prays to his Father for his followers, saying: “As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world” (John 17:18).

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Personal update 2010-04-20 · Apr 20, 08:13 AM

Hi friends,
Thanks for your prayers. For some reason, the spiritual warfare lately has been super intense and unrelenting. Deb and I usually pray the “Our Father” prayer every morning and we pause and ‘clean house’ when we get to the part that says “lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one.” …

— Joseph Holbrook | Read More Comment [1]

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Freedom Attracts · Apr 19, 07:44 AM

When you are interiorly free you call others to freedom, whether you know it or not. Freedom attracts wherever it appears. A free man or a free woman creates a space where others feel safe and want to dwell…

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The Autumn of Life · Mar 29, 07:36 AM

The autumn leaves can dazzle us with their magnificent colors: deep red, purple, yellow, gold, bronze, in countless variations and combinations. Then, shortly after having shown their unspeakable beauty, they fall to the ground and die.

— Joseph Holbrook | Read More Comment [2]

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The Virtue of Flexibility · Mar 16, 09:38 AM

Trees look strong compared with the wild reeds in the field. But when the storm comes the trees are uprooted, whereas the wild reeds, while moved back and forth by the wind, remain rooted …

— Joseph Holbrook | Read More Comment [2]

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Freedom from Judging, Freedom for mercy · Mar 9, 08:55 AM

We spend an enormous amount of energy making up our minds about other people. Not a day goes by without somebody doing or saying something that evokes in us the need to form an opinion …

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