Right Where We Are

Right Where We Are

Do you need a few minutes to just be? To be present with yourself and with God? Are you looking to develop a rhythm of stillness and contemplation? Then join Sumer as she creates a space through the short readings of scripture, sometimes a story or two from her own life, where you can just be, held by Love, right where you are. May these ancient words be kind companions along your journey wherever you are.

Episodes

July 2, 2025 6 mins

Join Sumer as she creates a space for us to be present with ourselves and with God right where we are. This week’s episode will feature Colossians 1: 15-20 from the Common English Bible.  May these words be kind companions along your journey.

 

  • Colossians 1:15-20 CEB
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Join Sumer as she creates a space for us to be present with ourselves and with God right where we are. This week’s episode will feature a small portion of text on gratitude from Thoughts in Solitude by Thomas Merton.  May these words be kind companions along your journey.

 

  • From Thoughts in Solitude by Thomas Merton
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April 16, 2025 6 mins

Join Sumer as she creates a space for us to be present with ourselves and with God right where we are. This week’s episode will feature Psalm 22, The Psalm of the Cross. Take time this Holy Week to pause and reflect on this prophetic psalm that gives a glimpse into Jesus’ mind while on the cross.  May these words be kind companions along your journey.

  • Psalm 22 from the Common English Bible
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Join Sumer as she creates a space for us to be present with ourselves and with God right where we are. Today’s episode features a morning prayer from Celtic Benediction by John Philip Newell.  May these words be kind companions along your journey.

 

  • Celtic Benediction by John Philip Newell
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April 2, 2025 11 mins

Join Sumer as she creates a space for us to be present with ourselves and with God right where we are. Today’s episode features Sumer sharing how the false narratives she has held about God have changed and a reading of 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 substituting God for love.  May these words be kind companions along your journey.

 

  • 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 from the Christian Standard Bible, The New English Translation and The New Internat...
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March 26, 2025 6 mins

Join Sumer as she creates a space for us to be present with ourselves and with God right where we are. Today’s episode features 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 from the Common English Bible, The Message and The New Testament for Everyone.  May these words be kind companions along your journey.

 

  • 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 from the Common English Bible, The Message and The New Testament for Everyone
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March 19, 2025 6 mins

Join Sumer as she creates a space for us to be present with ourselves and with God right where we are. Today’s episode features 1 John 4:7-21 from The Message.  May these words be kind companions along your journey.

  • 1 John 4:7-21 from The Message
  • Silentium Christopher Galovan
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December 18, 2024 6 mins

Join Sumer as she creates a space for us to be present with ourselves and with God right where we are. Today’s special Advent episode features the lyrics to the familiar Christmas song O Holy Night by Adolphe Adam.  May these words be kind companions along your journey.

 

  • O Holy Night by Adolphe Adam
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December 11, 2024 4 mins

Join Sumer as she creates a space for us to be present with ourselves and with God right where we are. Today’s special Advent episode features the lyrics to the familiar Christmas hymn Hark, The Herald Angels Sing.  May these words be kind companions along your journey.

 

  • Hark, The Herald Angels Sing
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December 4, 2024 5 mins

Join Sumer as she creates a space for us to be present with ourselves and with God right where we are. Today’s special Advent episode features the lyrics to the familiar Christmas hymn O Come, O Come, Emmanuel.  May these words be kind companions along your journey.

 

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November 20, 2024 7 mins

Join Sumer as she creates a space for us to be present with ourselves and with God right where we are. Today’s episode features Jesus’ familiar passage on worry from Matthew 6:25-34.  May these words be kind companions along your journey.

 

  • Matthew 6:25-34 from the Christian Standard Bible and the New Testament for Everyone
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November 13, 2024 6 mins

Join Sumer as she creates a space for us to be present with ourselves and with God right where we are. Today’s episode features The Wayfarer’s Prayer by Ann Voskamp.  May these words be kind companions along your journey.

 

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Join Sumer as she creates a space for us to be present with ourselves and with God right where we are. Today’s episode features the Bookmark Prayer of St. Theresa of Avila.  May these words be kind companions along your journey.

 

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October 30, 2024 6 mins

Join Sumer as she creates a space for us to be present with ourselves and with God right where we are. Today’s episode features the familiar Come to Me passage from the gospel of Matthew.  May these words be kind companions along your journey.

 

  • Matthew 11:28 - 30 from the New American Standard Bible, The New Testament for Everyone and The Message
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October 23, 2024 10 mins

Join Sumer as she creates a space for us to be present with ourselves and with God right where we are. Today’s episode features The Beatitudes from Matthew 5:1-12 in The Christian Standard Bible, The Passion Translation and The Message. May these words be kind companions along your journey.

 

  • Matthew 5:1-12 from The Christian Standard Bible, The Passion Translation, and The Message
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October 16, 2024 7 mins

Join Sumer as she creates a space for us to be present with ourselves and with God right where we are. Today’s episode features the prayer Prophets of Future Not Our Own by Ken Untener written in 1979. This work is more commonly known as The Oscar Romero Prayer. May these words be kind companions along your journey.

 

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October 9, 2024 7 mins

Join Sumer as she creates a space for us to be present with ourselves and with God right where we are. Today’s episode features another prayer from Celtic prophet and Scottish clergyman George MacLeod. May these words be kind companions along your journey.

 

“ Almighty God…

Sun behind all suns,

soul within all souls…

Show to us in everything we touch and in everyone we meet

the continued assurance of thy presence round us,

lest ev...

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October 2, 2024 7 mins

Join Sumer as she creates a space for us to be present with ourselves and with God right where we are. Today’s episode features Psalm 145:8-16 from the Christian Standard Bible, The Passion Translation and Psalms for Praying by Nan Merrill. May these words be kind companions along your journey.

 

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September 25, 2024 7 mins

Join Sumer as she creates a space for us to be present with ourselves and with God right where we are. Today's episode features a prayer from French Scientist and Jesuit Priest Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. May these words be kind companions along your journey. 

“Above all, trust in the slow work of God. We are quite naturally impatient in everything to reach the end without delay. We should like to skip the intermediate stages. We ...

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September 18, 2024 8 mins

Join Sumer as she creates a space for us to be present with ourselves and with God right where we are. Today's episode features a prayer from Celtic prophet and Scottish clergyman George MacLeod. He modeled this prayer after the familiar Prayer of St. Patrick in which Christ is sought in all things. More information on George MacLeod can be found in Sacred Earth Sacred Soul by John Philip Newell. May these words by kind companions ...

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