heather choate davis

Word

I, who live by words, am wordless when I try my words in prayer. All language turns To silence. Prayer will take my words and then Reveal their emptiness. The stilled voice learns To hold its peace, to listen with the heart To silence that is joy, is adoration. The self is shattered, all wordsContinue reading “Word”

When We Don’t Know How to Pray

I Have a Few Things to Say

If one of these topics is speaking to you, I’d love to bring it to life at your next special event or conference. Reach out asap. I have a feeling it’s going to be a busy year.

“Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don’t be afraid.” —Frederick Buechner Ancient Trees, 2 by Beth Moon

So Teresa of Avila & Martin Luther walk into a bar….

Two years ago this month, I spent a glorious five days at my favorite Benedictine monastery learning more about a 16th-century Carmelite nun who reformed much of the monastic community of her day by training the women—and then many of the men—in prayer. Not the verbal kind of prayer but the practice of meditation, contemplation,Continue reading “So Teresa of Avila & Martin Luther walk into a bar….”