We spend so much of life pulled into memory and anticipation that we miss the one place God can truly meet us: the present moment. This reflection on Chapter 2 of Choosing Presence explores how anxiety about the future and attachment to the past keep us from peace—and how a simple return to now can open us to God’s presence.

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