{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/656fd0cb4030a60011809ebf/67fa92abb51a627d1515580f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Practice of Stillness","description":"<h2>Scripture&nbsp;&nbsp;</h2><p><strong>Psalm 131 (NRSV)</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>O Lord, my heart is not lifted up,&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>my eyes are not raised too high;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>I do not occupy myself with things&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>too great and too marvelous for me.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>But I have calmed and quieted my soul,&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>like a weaned child with its mother;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>my soul is like the weaned child that is with me.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>O Israel, hope in the Lord&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>from this time on and forevermore.</p><p><br></p><h2>Refrain&nbsp;&nbsp;</h2><p>In stillness, I remember who I am.</p><p><br></p><h2>Quote</h2><p><strong>Thomas R. Kelly</strong>, from *A Testament of Devotion*&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>“Deep within us all there is an amazing inner sanctuary of the soul,&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>a holy place, a Divine Center,&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>a speaking Voice,&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>to which we may continuously return.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>Eternity is at our hearts,&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>pressing upon our time-worn lives,&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>warming us with intimations of an astounding destiny,&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>calling us home unto Itself.”</p>","author_name":"City Arts Dept"}