A few weeks ago a young man spoke at our church on his work with the organization Youth with a Mission ( http://www.ywam.org/ ). He spoke in part of his working in the YWAM’s “Discipleship Training School.” I had not heard of … Continue reading
Allow me to share two quotes today. First from John Cage, “My favorite piece of music is the one we hear all the time, if we are quiet.” When you find yourself quiet today, pay attention. What music is there? … Continue reading
I first heard of Frederick Buechner many years ago and remember thinking I should read his books. I found one, started reading it and soon stopped. For whatever reasons, I could not follow his writing and could not understand him. A few days … Continue reading
Last week I came across this article on prayer. I invite you to notice how ancient prayer practices have modern day effects even with some of our youngest. Let Us Pray – by Melanie Gordon “What does prayer look like? How do … Continue reading
A very short quotation from Mother Teresa today, “Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time, and always start with the person nearest you.” Nothing needs to be added.
The other day I came across an interesting article online, “Rooted: The Submerging Church” by Lee Wyatt. There were a number of things that caught my eye, and this morning I want to point to you some the ways he envisioned Sabbath. Slow … Continue reading
One of the mailings that finds its way to my inbox most all weekdays is from the Yahoo Group, Awareness-TheWaytoLove. Each mailing is a very short piece from the writings of Anthony de Mello, S.J. Last week this appeared in my inbox, “What’s … Continue reading
Well … we made it through Lent … and then Easter Sunday and now it’s over and we can rest. Anyone feeling that way this week? A lot of us were very busy during these past weeks and for many … Continue reading
The past few weeks I have been thinking about when we prayer together and recently these remarks by Thomas R. Steaglad from A House of Prayer: The Power of Praying in Community found their way to my inbox, Why do so … Continue reading
The other day I came across this from Madeleine L’Engle, “To pray is to listen, to move through my own chattering to God, to that place where I can be silent and listen to what God may have to say.” Sometimes we … Continue reading
