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Grace Waves Friends: A Daily Prayer:  Be with all beings—help us find love and nourishment; overwhelm our hearts and minds with compassion so it may be the meter by which our world is built;...

Grace Waves Friends: A more spiritual way is needed to resolve the antagonisms of our time.”  Is this not the prayer of Advent? The “Pure Delight!” Christmas Concert presented by our own Elizabeth Hunter Ashley and...

Grace Waves Friends: Prayer is coming to view life through the heart of God; it is coming to see the world as God sees the world – as One.  We know that we will...

Grace Waves Friends: You can’t out-give God.  —Gen Estenson From the woman who tried to feed everyone she met, we receive this final quote above.  Gen was one of the finest fusions of Mary...

Grace Waves Friends: In love no action is lost that was ever performed for Love’s sake Love always repays, late or soon; Love is always the reward of love—Hadewijch Gen’s Memorial Service is tomorrow,...

Grace Waves Friends: God has so identified with us that our love for one another truly binds us to God as well:  I have put you among your neighbors so that you can do...

Grace Waves Friends: The fruit of humility is naturalness; being at home with ourselves, being ourselves. —Michael Casey Gen Estenson died Thursday morning.  She was surrounded by her family…..all 8 Children, spouses and grandchildren…..and...

Grace Waves Friends: Sweet morning – cool breezes and a clear sky. This day will not come again. The bulls lie under the tree in their corner of the field. Quiet afternoon – the...

Grace Waves Friends: The heavens proclaim your glory, O God, and the firmament shows forth the work of your hands; Day unto day takes up the story and night unto night makes known the presence. No...

Grace Waves Friends: We most need to pray when we least feel like praying.  Even when we seem unable to pray as we ought, we can trust the Spirit prays within us with sighs too...