Tea & Angelus
One of the first suggestions I offer when encouraging a person to make time for a prayer practice is to tie it to an existing habit. Having spent many years in ...
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{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 8} Praying Photos
This afternoon, I got to spend a few hours watching a gaggle of children play Perseus. The pinata for Jack’s birthday was the snake-full head of Medusa an...
{Day 6} Living in the Midst
To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact , yo...
Friday Florilegium
This past week, dealing with job searching and rejection letters, a Patty Griffin song has been my companion. The song speaks about Mary, a woman who lived with...
Friday Florilegium
This week I reread David Hansen’s book, Long Wandering Prayer. Eight years ago, when I first read it, it drastically changed how I approached my “qu...
Answered Prayers
Mondays are for counting thanks to 1000 and beyond… While I love Seattle, I need to get out of the city every so often to a place with more grass than con...