Table of Contents
Introduction A Walk by the River Together…with God 3
Prologue - Experiencing "Spiritual Moments" 7
1 A Turning Point…No Choice Response…A Choice 9
2 What Empties the Cup? 12
3 Spiritual Leanings 15
4 A Bridge to Heaven…Take It! 18
5 Get Out…and Stay Out! 21
6 Hope Is a Long Game…Conversations with Discouragement 23
7 The Dangers of "Spiritual and Psychological Cortisone" 26
8 Each Day 29
9 A Simple Powerful Sense of Presence…Yours! 31
10 Ask the Right Questions 34
11 The Spiritual Teachers around Us…That We Miss 36
12 Painful Joy 39
13 Becoming Kinder to Your Memories…It Makes a Difference in Life 42
14 An Expensive Mental Rental 45
15 My Soul Is Tired 47
16 What Is Your Destiny…Your "Calling"? 49
17 Small Points of Light in the Darkness 53
18 Two Surprising, Strange Spiritual Experiences 56
19 The One Word We Need to Remember in Tough Times 60
20 Relieving the Anxiety…Focusing on the Ultimate 64
21 Being Open to "The Next Step" 66
22 Feeling Defeated and Discouraged? Possibly a Sign of Something New 68
23 Reading Between the Lines and Looking Further…A Portal to Spiritual Self-Awareness 70
24 When…Moving from an Initial Negative Impulse to a Positive Response 73
25 Don't You Believe It 76
26 Wake Up Stories for Us…Now 79
27 Two Amazing Journeys! 83
28 "Psychological Contagion" 87
29 Seasons of Joy for Others…Peace for Us Within 90
30 My Father Never Took a Walk with Me 92
31 "Do You Have a Moment?" 94
32 A Psychological and Spiritual Winter Solstice 97
33 A Funny Thing about Cynicism 99
34 When Grace Sneaks Past Our Defenses 102
35 Look at the Needs of the Young…Then Look at Yourself 105
36 Dialogue with a Hurtful Post 108
37 When Is It Time Not to Repeat Past Styles? Which Made Sense Before, But Don't Now 111
38 "What Are You Looking For?…Come and See" (John 1:38, 39) 115
39 Step by Step…to a Balanced Approach to Life and Others 117
40 A Hidden Fork in the Road 120
41 Hurtful "Religious" Posts 122
42 The Rabbi Shared a Secret 125
43 Turning to Peace…and Lengthening the Distance between "S" and "R" 128
44 Replacing Spiritual Smugness…with an Ongoing Fresh Awareness of Life and God 131
45 Rare Lived-Spirituality 134
46 "In the Middle of It All" The Climb of Courageous, Conscience-Driven Persons 137
47 Who Is Your God? 141
48 Two Women…Different Messages 144
49 True Self-Respect 146
50 Faithfulness in the Spirit of Mother Teresa 149
Epilogue - Gifting Our Inner Silent World 153
