During a tremendously dark time in her life, Betty was given an ever-so-thin thread of hope to hold onto in the form of a tiny book called, The Greatest Thing in the World by Henry Drummond. As broken and fragmented as […]
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We Are The Thanks-Givers
God is the giver. The gift is love. We are the receivers. We are the thanks-givers. All that is is a divine gift. Every breath we draw is a gift of love. Every moment of our existence is grace. Our […]
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Centering Prayer
Betty Skinner, whose story is the inspiration for The Hidden Life Awakened, prays this beautiful prayer to help quiet our minds and center our hearts on God.
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Contemplative Prayer
Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was an American Trappist monk, a comparative religion scholar, priest, poet, mystic, and prolific author whose book, Contemplative Prayer, aroused enormous new interest in that form of prayer. Contemplation is essentially a listening in silence, an expectancy. […]
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Rubber Band Books
God graciously taught Betty through the books He brought into her life over the years. Every summer, she would take one to the mountain with her and read it over and over and over until she could grasp what God […]
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The First Step
All right, Lord, I’ve been reading about what a good Christian should do and how I should live my life, but I want to say to You that it’s not working for me. You promised me joy, You promised me […]
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