Investing in your relationship with God

“The great spiritual traditions suggest that the relationship with God is cultivated like other relationships: as we turn our attention toward God we open the possibility of a fuller relationship. Entering into this relationship does not so much require a change in our behavior as a shift of attention.”

— Patricia McBee, 2003
“Thoughts on Spiritual Retirement for Busy People,” Friends Journal.

Today’s Invitation

Try this idea for “shifting your attention” from Patricia McBee: Every time you wash your hands today, invite God’s presence by saying, “Be with me now.” Listen for God’s response.

Query of the Week

What makes you feel close to Spirit?

Author

Maeve Sutherland

Maeve Sutherland is a communications professional who never recovered from her wonderful childhood at a Quaker elementary school. She has spent her career helping nonprofits share their stories, from schools and universities, to museums, to radio stations. As a Thomas J. Watson Fellow, Maeve spent a year living in “Peaceable Kingdoms,” pacifist intentional communities around the world, where she learned that everyone has a role to play in shaping a better world. She worked as a freelance social media manager before joining Thee Quaker Project. After returning to Quakerism as a young adult, Maeve now attends Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting in Philadelphia.
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