Eugene Peterson, in his book Tell It Slant, describes Sabbath as “a time to receive silence and let it deepen into gratitude.” As we experience the first Sunday of 2022, here’s a prayer from today’s Lectio 365 devotional: “May this day bring Sabbath rest to my heart and my home.May God’s image in me be …
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Learning to Pray from Scripture Part 3: How the Psalms Teach Us to Be Ourselves in the Presence of God
How open are you about expressing your emotions? Do you typically hide your feelings from others? Or do you find it difficult to put how you are feeling into words? Maybe you're not someone who is, as they say, in touch with their feelings. Perhaps you find the outward expression of emotions--be it anger, sadness, …
The Blasphemy of Busyness
Busyness is the enemy of spirituality. It is essentially laziness. It is doing the easy thing instead of the hard thing. It’s filling our time with our own actions instead of paying attention to God’s action. It’s taking charge . . . The word busy is the symptom not of commitment but of betrayal. It …
Reading to Slow Yourself Down (Or Why Spending Time in Middle-Earth is a Spiritual Discipline)
For the last few weeks I've been re-reading J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings trilogy. I'm about halfway of the way through book 2, The Two Towers. Since I don't read a lot of fiction, I'm enjoying the refreshing change from the books on theology and pastoral ministry that I usually read. Still, there …
Religion and Politics Part 3: Living By a Different Narrative
“But I say to you who listen: Love your enemies, do what is good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you."Luke 6:27--28 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep. Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud; instead, …
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