Posts by Michael Martin
¿Qué se forma en soledad y quietud?
Quietud. Tranquilidad. Soledad. A veces, cuando invito a la soledad a mi día, o se me impone, pienso en mis abuelas, Lucy Jones y Emma Martin. Ambas eran madres de 13 hijos. Lo creas o no, recuerdo una tranquilidad y una sensación de quietud sobre ambas. Me crié en Flint, Michigan, alrededor de esa…
Read MoreWhat Is Shaped In Solitude and Stillness?
Stillness. Quiet. Solitude. Sometimes when I invite solitude into my day, or it forces itself on me, I think about my grandmothers, Lucy Jones and Emma Martin. Both were mothers to 13 children. Believe it or not, I remember a quietness and a sense of stillness about both of them. I was raised in Flint,…
Read MoreWhy we’re stuck with people we don’t like… and what to do about it!
By Michael Martin The capacity to separate ourselves unto God and have an intimate, powerful, regulating, transforming relationship with Him, and not with those that he brings with Him is wrong. If you love Christ, and He loves the Church, that means the Church is part of the package. You may be saying, well, I…
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