Your Faith Journey - Finding God Through Words, Song And Praise

There is an increasing focus in our culture on what some call mindfulness.  Mindfulness is the basic human ability to be fully present, aware of where we are, aware of what we are doing, and not be overly reactive or overwhelmed by what’s going on around us.  It really is a form of self-discipline. I think mindfulness requires an element of intentionality in which one is directly focused on some object or situation.  As we begin this Lenten season, we are invited into a forty-day journey of mindfulness, to be mindful of where Jesus is leading us, and to embrace an intentional way of living and being in this world.   If given a choice, most of us are not going to be intentional about choosing a path in life that is filled with difficulty.  However, I must say that spiritual depth and growth happen as we mindfully respond to the trials, troubles, temptations, testing, and fear that arise in life.  For many of us, it is in those times of challenge that we truly learn dependence on God.  In such times we find tha