Each Wednesday (or thereabouts) I’ve been recording a Curiosity Journal to recap the previous week using these tag words: reading, playing, learning, reacting and writing. Sometimes I mix up the order, just to keep you on your toes. Care to join me? [simplylinked list=e9f03846-1e24-4cf2-9182-bd39cdf9580e] Reading I hate assigning letter or percentage grades to … [Read more...]
Vacate
From Prayer, by Philip Yancey:"Be still and know that I am God": the Latin imperative for "be still" is vacate. As Simon Tugwell explains, "God invites us to take a holiday [vacation], to stop being God for a while, and let him be God...God is inviting us to take a break, to play truant. We can stop doing all those important things we have to do in our capacity as God, and … [Read more...]
Knee Prints
There's a lady at our church who has a voice as soft and soothing as flannel. She prays so regularly, she seems radiant from God's glory. In fact, I feel from her an almost palpable peace flowing from the Holy Spirit with whom she interacts so faithfully and intimately.Just being around her makes me want to pray more. Some days I am so moved by her humble spirit and … [Read more...]
Blogger's Prayer
This weekend I'm off to a women's retreat.In preparation, I've been thinking about this well-known passage from Psalm 19--a prayer, really--and as I've prayed it, I realized how perfect it is for Christians who blog. I offer it to you today, especially for this coming week, Holy Week, but ideally, for every week.For every day.For every moment.For every post....a blogger's … [Read more...]