"Do You Have a Moment"?: 50 Spiritual Posts to Open and Close the Day

by Robert J. Wicks

Overview

From the author’s experiences of brief encounters with others who long to enjoy the life God has given them, come these moments spent in deepening his own reserves of grace, peace, and joy. Readers will find refreshment if they are spiritually weary, inspiration if they are being stirred to action, and, ultimately, renewal for their ongoing pilgrimage—their walk with God. †

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780809155767
Publisher:	Paulist Press
Publication date:	06/07/2022
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.42(d)

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