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Join Terry Hershey as he introduces his new book "The Power of Pause." For more information about this book, visit http://www.loyolapress.com/the-power-of-pause.htm. This book challenges the reader to slow down in a fast-forward world by encouraging the practice of pausing.

James Leatherwood This day the sun shined, the cool breeze blew through my bones, and hope rose.

The greatest things in life are not reasonable. The mind may make sensible comments about these greatest things in life, but they are not reasonable. The love of a mother for her child has reason, but it is not reasonable...

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Music:On God Alone (instrumental) from collection Journey of the Sacred: St. Teresa of Avila by LaGiglia/ Petrunak/ Piercy © GIA Publications, Inc. available at www.giamusic.com

You must have a place to which you can go in your heart, your mind, or your house, almost every day, where you do not owe anyone and where no one owes you- a place that simply allows for the blossoming of something new and promising. Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth We are wired to present...

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Life is fast, and the speed of life whisks us away from the very thing we need most—spiritual “time outs” to reconnect with God and experience much-needed peace of mind.

But because he wished to justify himself, he said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" -Luke 10:29 I feel helpless when I learn about catastrophes and wars and grinding poverty. How can I love all my neighbors as myself? Who is my neighbor, anyway...

The evening primrose never fails to amaze me. In their season, the flowers open up about half an hour before sunset, and when they do it's like watching time-lapse photography, a nature documentary on fast-forward. The bud suddenly splits open and the petals unfurl in minutes, before your eyes...

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Music:Take, O Take Me As I Am (instrumental) from collection Journey of the Sacred: St Francis of Assisi by LaGiglia/ Petrunak/ Piercy © GIA Publications, Inc. available at www.giamusic.com














