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Prayer is an act of intention where I don’t deny the micro and macro ache of this life. The hurts that arrive in our lives or the lives of those we love, and the Greater Pain that lives in our societies and systems. And still we choose the thorny, winding path of hope. We choose it with eyes wide open, so we may see when we bump into God.

• Find Everything Belongs by Richard Rohr.
• Read Hunting Magic Eels: Recovering an Enchanted Faith in a Skeptical Age by Richard Beck.
• Read Marilynne Robinson's novel Gilead.
• Read “The Sacrament of the Present Moment by Jean-Pierre de Caussade. 
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• This reflection and practice were also published this week in The Slow Way Letter on Substack.
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• Micha's other (award winning!) podcast, The Lucky Few, is all about Down syndrome advocacy. She cohosts it with Heather Avis and Mercedes Lara. 

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