Retreat
This week I’ll be heading to an overnight clergy retreat. What I’m most looking forward to is the silence.
Tag: Spirituality
Pause
I typically hate prayer circles, as folks fall so easily into the “well I’ll pray better than that” trap. My experience of prayer circles any more is an extended blast of religious white noise, which sets my spirit on edge.
Why I Love Lent
Of all the seasons in the Church year, Lent is the one to which I’m most drawn. It’s a season of spiritual reset and reorientation, a deliberate move to be…
Out of the Shadows
Over the course of the last week most of the color has departed from the trees. The yellow’s are still hanging on, I’ve noticed they tend to appear later in…
Reverse Schedule
This morning was a bit unusual for me. On Thursdays I typically start out by playing taxi for my wife and kids as they get off to work/school 1, then…
Slow down
We live in a culture which loves to be always on the move. In fact, we tend to rate our value on how “productive” we are. If we write so…
