Jun 26, 2014 | Parenting, Prayer, Rhythm
Summer seems like a good time to let our hair down, relax a bit, and play. I want to encourage you to let your spiritual practices out for some fresh air this summer as well. Today we will cover two possibilities of ways to play with prayer in the summer time. There...
May 26, 2014 | Prayer, Rhythm
A repost from last Memorial Day… I am a reader. Nothing makes me happier than getting lost in a fantasy world created by a skillful author. One of my all-time favorite series is the Harry Potter saga. I am also a book snob. No movie can ever live up to...
Apr 17, 2014 | Lent, Prayer
It is Thursday of Holy Week. You need to know that your ministers, pastors, and church assistants, and really, anyone who volunteers at your church is tired. The weeks leading up to Easter carry a special weight. It is a holy and good weight that your pastors carry...
Jan 9, 2014 | My Contemplative Heart, Prayer
The sky hangs low covering land with clouds. Damp seeps in to skin to hair to ground. Are You here, even here? Here where hearts are weighed down? Here where hope is distant? Here where life ends? Sight obscured. Color muted. Energy absent. Shoulders...
Oct 31, 2013 | My Contemplative Heart, Prayer, Rhythm
In the local church where I serve, it has been a long hard 4 weeks. We have buried men too young. We have held vigil for a single mother to live. We have engaged in hard conversations about being true to God’s Spirit and the Bible. I am weary. I feel it in my...
Oct 9, 2013 | My Contemplative Heart, Prayer
I received an email this week asking  me to weigh in on the government shut down. First, our conversation has never been about politics. And I don’t intend to change that. But, the truest reason I won’t offer an opinion is this: I’m a contemplative...
