Richard Southworth
Richard Is Back - Again
Poster from Winnie’s memorial service on September 9, 2022 The last few months have been difficult. Back in March my wife Winnie went...
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Richard Southworth
- Nov 21, 2021
- 3 min
A Prayer of Our Own: Reflection II: Because We Must
The Call To Prayer Photo by Richard Southworth This post is taken from Reflection II of the book I am currently writing. For more...
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Richard Southworth
- Oct 15, 2021
- 5 min
A Prayer of Our Own: Reflection I: Opening To The Divine Mystery
Discerning Our Attitude Toward God The right attitude toward God is essential to one’s progress on the Spiritual Journey. Father Thomas...
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Richard Southworth
- Sep 13, 2021
- 7 min
A Prayer of Our Own: Preface
This is the preface for the book I am currently writing. For more information see https://www.turningaround.net/richard-s-book. Photo of...
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Richard Southworth
- Jul 28, 2021
- 4 min
What Is Your Prayer Life Like Today?
Photo from bigstockphoto.com What is your prayer life like today? In what specific ways do you feel called to deepen your prayer life?...
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Richard Southworth
- Jul 19, 2021
- 3 min
An Experience of Awe and Wonder
Photo by Winnie Southworth Have I had an experience of awe and wonder? Describe that experience in detail. What was my reaction? What...
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Richard Southworth
- Jul 3, 2021
- 5 min
Who Is God For Me?
NASA Image of the Faintest Galaxy from the Early Universe Is there a God? What is God for me? Who is God for me? How do I know? Am I open...
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Richard Southworth
- Jun 23, 2021
- 5 min
In The Heart of an Ant
I wrote this post in July of 1980. I still find it relevant and inspiring. My wife Winnie watching the fish in her backyard pond Photo...
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Richard Southworth
- May 22, 2021
- 7 min
Mark Richard Southworth
Photo by Winnie Southworth Mark is our son. He was born in 1970 and the original reflection was written around 1983 when he was thirteen...
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Richard Southworth
- May 12, 2021
- 2 min
Richard Is Back
Photo by Mark Southworth It has been almost exactly two months since my last blog post, and I feel bad about that. Life has been kind of...
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Richard Southworth
- Mar 10, 2021
- 1 min
No BS Spirituality for the Rest of Us
This is a video taken from a class I taught at Walnut Grove Baptist Church in Mechanicsville, Virginia a while back. It lays out what...
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Richard Southworth
- Feb 19, 2021
- 5 min
Living By A Rule of Life
The Rule of Saint Benedict: Prologue, Verses 19-22 Our Sacred Inner Being Calling Us Photo by Winnie Southworth What can be sweeter to...
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Richard Southworth
- Feb 12, 2021
- 5 min
Living by A Rule of Life
The Rule of Saint Benedict: Prologue, Verses 14-18 I Am The One! Image by Irene Furr Henshaw And the Lord, seeking his own workman in the...
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Richard Southworth
- Feb 6, 2021
- 6 min
Living By A Rule of Life
The Rule of Saint Benedict: Prologue, Verses 8-13 Let Us Then At Last Arise Photo by Winnie Southworth Let us then at last arise, since...
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Richard Southworth
- Jan 23, 2021
- 6 min
Living By A Rule of Life
The Rule of Saint Benedict: Prologue, Verses 4-7 Beg of Him With Most Earnest Prayer Photo by Winnie Southworth In the first place,...
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Richard Southworth
- Jan 8, 2021
- 5 min
Living By A Rule of Life
The Rule of Saint Benedict: Prologue, verses 1-3 Listening Obedience Photo by Irene Furr Listen, O my son, to the precepts of thy master,...
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Richard Southworth
- Dec 12, 2020
- 2 min
Living By A Rule of Life
Introduction Photo by Winnie Southworth The Rule of Saint Benedict has played an important role in my spiritual journey. It has touched...
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Richard Southworth
- Dec 4, 2020
- 4 min
Examination of Conscience
Photo by Winnie Southworth Most evenings just before I start getting ready for bed I sit down at my computer, open my journal, and type...
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Richard Southworth
- Nov 27, 2020
- 1 min
Reading the Bible Again For The First Time by Marcus Borg
Taking the Bible Seriously But Not Literally I just added this book to the recommendations page: This book changed my whole approach to...
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Richard Southworth
- Oct 27, 2020
- 5 min
Restraint of Speech - Speak Rarely, Briefly, and Directly
Very few monks today take a vow of silence, but they do practice a discipline referred to as restraint of speech. In many monasteries...
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