What we do with our lives outwardly, how well we care for others, is as much a part of meditation as what we do in the quietness and turning inward. In fact, Christian meditation that does not make a difference in the quality of one’s outer life is short-circuited. It may flare for a while, but unless it results in finding richer and more loving relationships with other human beings or in changing conditions in the world that cause human suffering, the chances are that an individual’s prayer activity will fizzle out.
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In his 2 May 2011 televised statement on the killing of Osama bin Laden, President Barack Obama made a chilling assertion of divine right and national exemption from the rule of law: “Tonight we ar… — Ken Sehested