One of the email Advent devotionals I received this week instead of focusing on the usual Advent theme of “coming” had a thought on “construction.” I received this from Franciscan Media – Your Daily Minute Meditation – Advent Is Construction … Continue reading
What will the days between Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day be like for you? Busy? Will there be shopping to do? parties to prepare for? family meals to prepare? decorations to get out of the storage boxes and arrange on … Continue reading
We are in Holy Week, the end of another Lenten season, another time of “prayer, almsgiving and fasting,” and/or what other Lenten practices we have seen fit to take up. So, we are “in the home stretch,” heading to Good … Continue reading
I couple of weeks ago I was with a congregation and we were thinking together about something Paul wrote to the folks at Philippi, “… whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss because of Christ. … Continue reading
I did not grow up in a church were we talked about Lent or giving up something for Lent. Over the last years as I have come to some understanding of the season of Lent and of what it can … Continue reading
A day late. Things the past few days just did not work out for me to get up a post yesterday but here we are today and we carry on. This did get me thinking – what is my “fall … Continue reading
When I came across these words of Frederick Buechner, I couldn’t help but think he correctly identified one of the real dangers associated with spiritual disciplines. If we let our concern for our “spirituality” draw us away from our life … Continue reading
Have you found some time over the last few weeks to “prepare” for Thanksgiving Day this year? You know I don’t mean making your menu and buying the “fixings” for the big day, don’t you? Those things are important but … Continue reading
Last week we heard Madeleine L’Engle warn us of the walls we can allow to be created between us and others. In part she wrote, “The house of God … is a cross where time and eternity meet, and where we are – … Continue reading
How do we measure the value or worth of spiritual practices? How do we know if “we are getting anyplace”? Should we even ask if it is “working” for us? Maybe some advice from the Desert Fathers and Mothers would be helpful, … Continue reading
