{Day 28} Friday Florilegium
We often ask what disciplines will help us to live more contemplatively or prayerfully. The following quote is some of the most profound wisdom on the topic of ...
Tag: 31 days of contemplative living
{Day 27} Vegging Out and other Habits of Distraction
Over the past month of considering contemplative living, I’ve invited you to reflect on your activities and start to make cause and effect connections. I ...
{Day 25} The Contemplative Body, Part 2
In my last post exploring the importance of the body in contemplative living, I suggested that there are three challenges to paying attention to the well-being ...
{Day 24} The Contemplative Body, Part 1
Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. W...
{Day 21} Friday Florilegium
In honor of hearing Eugene Peterson speak at Seattle Pacific University Thursday evening, today’s florilegium quote is from his book, The Contemplative Pa...
{Day 20} Cultivating a Relationship with Your Home, Part 4
Where there is no beauty, put beauty, and you will find beauty. –Francis of Assisi, adapted. One of the books I read when I began to explore church and fa...
{Day 19} Cultivating a Relationship with Your Home, Part 3
When I think how close I came to not taking my apartment, I marvel at God’s patient persistence and the grace gift of faith. I’ve moved nearly every...
{Day 18} Cultivating a Relationship with Your Home, Part 2
I’ve always been a “I’ll do it in the morning” kind of person. Dishes stayed in the sink and on the counter until I shuffled out into th...
{Day 17} Cultivating a Relationship with Your Home, Part 1
My first place I called home after college was also called The Hedge among those in my college Christian fellowship. I’ve lived in many places and had the...