Days of Deepening Friendship (July 2010)

How Do You Bring Your Whole Self to Prayer?

by Vinita Hampton Wright on 08/23/2010

Please read chapter 22 from Days of Deepening Friendship and then enjoy the reflection.  (If you are unable to preview the chapter, please click here.) “When I spend time with a friend, I want that person’s presence. After a while, a phone call or an e-mail just isn’t good enough—I want a body to hug, [...]

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How Do You Get in Your Own Way?

by Vinita Hampton Wright on 08/10/2010

Please read chapter 19 from Days of Deepening Friendship and then enjoy the reflection.  (If you are unable to preview the chapter, please click here.)    “Sometimes our resistance toward God and toward our own well-being is not so obvious; it’s hidden within attitudes and personal habits that we form in order to protect ourselves [...]

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What Does It Mean to Be Converted?

by Vinita Hampton Wright on 07/21/2010

Please read chapter 18 from Days of Deepening Friendship and then enjoy the reflection.  I came from a religious tradition in which conversion was a definite event, and often considered to be a one-time event. One day a person meets Jesus, decides to give her life to Jesus, and that’s her conversion. She chooses Jesus [...]

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Time’s Benefits, Time’s Temptations: Two Short Lists

by Vinita Hampton Wright on 07/09/2010

The Benefits Time provides a frame of reference so that we can look back and see the story. Time does not give in to our panic or to our boredom; it passes at a constant pace. Time can allow for the cooling of emotions so that we can see events with better clarity. Time provides [...]

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Chapter 14: How Will You React to the Realities of Time

by Vinita Hampton Wright on 07/06/2010

Please read chapter 14 from Days of Deepening Friendship.  Later this week we will provide a reflection to this chapter. Open publication – Free publishing – More vinita wright

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