The first chapter of Mariann Budde’s book, “Receiving Jesus: The Way of Love” describes the practice of Turning. Budde begins her chapter by saying, “when someone calls us, we turn our gaze.” And in the spiritual practice of prayer, turning our gaze means turning away from the things that have been absorbing our attention and turning toward God. And when we turn, we find God always waiting for us…as she quotes former Archbishop Rowan Williams, “God is more interested in us than we are in God.” God is always faithful, always loving, and always waiting for us to turn our attention toward developing a deep and intimate relationship with the divine presence of God.