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What does it mean to connect more deeply to God, self and the world around us? I believe it comes from simply showing up with all of who we are in each of our daily encounters. As Abraham Herschel shares: “Just to be is the blessing; just to live is holy.” Psalm 139 speaks so clearly of how deeply God is present to us in our being. I invite you to ponder this adaptation of the psalm by Kevin Yell, a spiritual director and retreat minister in our area. Reading Psalm 139

One morning I saw a man driving and using an electric shaver. A clear case of Distracted Driving. But I confess that I have eaten in the car more than once, answered a phone call or two and looked away from the road to change some music station or CD. Distracted driving? Yes, I, too, am guilty. I learned that hospitals now have an emergency room category for distracted walking – injuries that occurred while someone was looking at a cell phone and missed a curb or walked int