I heard, as I am sure many of you did, that on Sunday the actor Olivia de Havilland passed away at her home in Paris. I remember the name, mostly because I heard my mother talk about her movies, but … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Spiritual Practices
In previous posts I called your attention to a couple of devotional apps and in each case gave some focus to the spiritual principles and practices that form a foundation for the writers and the apps. Today I want to … Continue reading
Sometimes I think if I hear another person announce, — “We need more discipling in our church! These people have never been taught what it really means to be a Christian. We’ve got to start telling them!”— Or, “Discipleship – … Continue reading
I recall as a young person in church classes, I was told it was important to have a daily “quiet time.” As I recall that instruction, it was always offered to me in terms of “read your bible and prayer … Continue reading
How much screen time have you had during the last two months? Is it up from a year ago? For most of us it probably is. Why? Does it have anything to do with the pandemic we are all facing … Continue reading
As we move toward the beginning of Lent in two days, I want to share a couple of things with you this morning. First – In August I began posting short reflections on the week’s lesson from the International Sunday … Continue reading
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