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On this Christmas Day, please let me simply share a prayer I found several years ago — Loving Father, Help us remember the birth of Jesus, that we may share in the song of angels, the gladness of the shepherds, … Continue reading
Category Archives: Intention on the Spiritual Journey
A few months ago Plough Publishing restarted emailing a daily thought they call “Daily Dig.” As you might expect Advent and Christmas has been the theme for the last several weeks. Below is a recent posting that captured my attention … Continue reading
Sunday morning I was looking over the Advent and Christmas songs in a hymnal (Celebrating Grace) and came across these lines in a litany – The time has come! God’s church relives the drama of the story we inhabit. … Continue reading
A few weeks ago I saw a note on Englewood Review of Books regarding the recently published A Prayer Journal by Flannery 0’Connor. This got me thinking about the practice of some of writing prayers but when I read the following … Continue reading
I receive David Lose’s blog posts in email (and find so much in his writing worth reading) and last week a post came that seems just right for today. I was already a fan of e. e. cummings and this … Continue reading
The past several weeks we have been thinking about the balance between the passive and the active in our lives. With that lens in mind I invite you to spend time meditating on Psalm 23. When I recently came to … Continue reading
As I have continued to think about passivity (and activity) in our Christian walk and practices, I remembered some words of Dallas Willard I shared many months ago on “abstinence and engagement.” He identifies the disciplines of abstinence as solitude, … Continue reading
For the past two weeks, first from Evelyn Underhill and then from Eugene Peterson, we have heard about a certain kind of passivity in the Christian walk. Today, let’s listen to Dallas Willard, “[Disciplines are] activities we engage in that are within … Continue reading
This week I am still hearing Evelyn Underhill’s words, “ … for the pressure of God’s Spirit is present everywhere and at all times.” I thought for while I might share something this week from Dallas Willard about the nature of … Continue reading
This paragraph from Evelyn Underhill recently was delivered into my email inbox, “There is no need for peculiar conditions in order to grow in the spiritual life, for the pressure of God’s Spirit is present everywhere and at all times. Our environment … Continue reading