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This past week my mind was drawn once again to the idea of Sabbath. Maybe it was because after a busy week and then a weekend “off” I still felt tired on Monday morning. Do we sometime think Sabbath means … Continue reading
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The other day I was going over definitions of “spiritual formation” (and spiritual practices/disciplines) that I have shared here and then Monday I came across a blog post by Jayne Davis titled “String Theory.” http://www.abpnews.com/blog/spiritual-formation/string-theory-2012-06-01/ The first sentence got my … Continue reading
I came across these lines from the T. S. Eliot poem “The Dry Salvages” a few weeks ago when I was looking through the book Simplicity by Richard Rohr, These are only hints and guesses, Hints followed by guesses; And … Continue reading
I recently saw an article at the Alban Institute website by Bruce G. Epperly entitled “Finding the Right Blend of Action and Contemplation in Ministry.” https://alban.org/archive/finding-the-right-blend-of-action-and-contemplation-in-ministry/ In the article he counsels against the tendency of many of us to emphasize … Continue reading
Have you looked at the calendar lately? Did you notice that Monday was a day to recognize St Matthias, or yesterday to recognize St Isidor the Farmer, or that tomorrow is Ascension Day? The Christian calendar points us to the … Continue reading
A few days ago I came across something Mother Teresa of Calcutta said about praying, “Try to feel the need for prayer often during the day and take the trouble to pray. Prayer makes the heart large enough until it … Continue reading
It wasn’t too many years ago I heard the expression “thin places” for the first time and knew I was “suppose to “ know what it meant and appreciate its importance. Unfortunately, I neither knew what it meant nor did … Continue reading
Have you thought of “patience” as a spiritual practice? This quote from Henri Nouwen arrived in my email yesterday and gave me a new perspective on “patience.” “Patience is not waiting passively until someone else does something. Patience asks us … Continue reading
Many weeks ago ( #21, #22, and #23 ) I mentioned what Dallas Willard calls the spiritual disciples of abstinence and engagement. He sees both as necessary for the Christian life and likens it to “outbreathing” and “inbreathing.” I wonder … Continue reading
“We made it! We made it through for another year! Doesn’t Lent seem longer to you every year? It does to me. But, we’ve done it for another year. Lent was long but I guess I got something out of … Continue reading