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Daily Meditations

Ryans The NACR Daily Meditation

Meditations on biblical texts from Rooted in God's Love by Dale and Juanita Ryan

joanweb Meditations for Christian Who Try to Be Perfect

A daily dose of practical wisdom from Joan Webb

teresa Meditations by Teresa McBean

Daily wisdom from NorthStar Community 

Other daily wisdom: AA  |  NA  |  Hazelden

Recovery Blogs

Theology Blog The Recovery Theology Blog is co-hosted by Matt Russell and Dale Ryan. Discussion of theological issues related to recovery.
Keep Breathing Keep Breathing: What to do when you don't know what to do. by Juanita Ryan
Spirituality and Recovery Spirituality and Recovery: Reflections on the connections between spiritual practices and the recovery process. Cohosted by Barb Milligan and Kim Engelmann
Additional blogs on different topics are in the planning stages. Check back!

Most Recent Blog Posts:

My Joyful Lent

Recently I was sitting with my eyes closed, listening to a friend read aloud a familiar passage from Philippians 4: “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice! Let your gentleness be known to everyone…,” and so on through several more verses. A few friends and I were doing a lectio divina (“sacred [...]

March 12, 2010 | Read more »

Practice Surrender

A few weeks after I was diagnosed with cancer, a music CD arrived in the mail from a friend. Several years earlier this friend had been told she had ovarian cancer and needed surgery. It turned out to be a false alarm, but she’d had a deeply significant spiritual experience through her ordeal.

January 1, 2010 | Read more »

Pray

When we are faced with difficulties in life, we need support from friends and family. We also need God’s help. Perhaps the most direct way to open ourselves to God is through prayer.

December 15, 2009 | Read more »

Take in Support

On the evening of September 11, 2001 my husband and I watched Gwen Ifill of PBS interview Mr. Rogers. Gwen was asking Mr. Rogers to give people advice about how to talk with their children about what had just happened.

November 23, 2009 | Read more »

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