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And Lent begins today. Maybe you have already been reading and thinking about Ash Wednesday and Lent and I would like only to put one item before you today. I shared this prayer last year and I offer it again … Continue reading
Category Archives: Intention on the Spiritual Journey
The other day I came across this quote from Georges Florovsky (a twentieth century Russian theologian), Christianity entered history as a new social order, or rather a new social dimension. From the very beginning Christianity was not primarily a ‘doctrine,’ … Continue reading
A few weeks ago I came across a mention of a book by Ruth Bell Graham, Prodigals and Those Who Love Them, and was intrigued by the title. Then a few days later in a used book store, there it … Continue reading
Have you ever thought you had a problem with prayer? I will confess that I have. I just came across this from Richard Foster on one kind of prayer problem – Our problem is that we assume prayer is something … Continue reading
Good Morning. It looks like I am a day late for another week. Have you had weeks like that? Nothing happens “on time?” At least on the time you want it to. And to tell the truth, I wasn’t sure … Continue reading
On January 31, 1915, Thomas Merton was born. Over the years since I first began reading Merton he has a had a profound influence on how I look at many things. May I simply share today a prayer of his? … Continue reading
I want to share with you again this week from Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals. This prayer closes each days’ daily prayer – May the peace of the Lord Christ go with you: wherever he may send you; … Continue reading
Last year I got an ebook edition of Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals (edited by Shane Claiborne and others). I skipped around in it, read some and was impressed and pleased. This year I decided to read the office … Continue reading
This past Sunday my wife shared with me a thought she found on the http://www.d365.org/todaysdevotion/ website and I would like to share it with you this morning, It’s not what someone does for us that matters most; it’s the very … Continue reading
Another year “begins” for us. Let me share two thoughts today. First a short quote, “Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go.” … Continue reading