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Half Done
(If you are surprised to receive this post, or forgot you were subscribed to this blog, please read the note at the end of this page. Thank you.) Last week we passed the half way mark of Lent. How has it been? Did you take up a practice adding or maybe abstaining from your usual routine? Are you taking a moment at the half way through Lent to consider how it was gone for you? I guess, this post…
All HallowTide
Isn’t it interesting how one thought can lead to another and that to another and that … and, yet, at the end of the chain while you have entertained ideas that could seem so disconnected but you still see a connection? That happened for me this past week. At 2:30 one morning I found myself very awake and unable to get back to sleep. So I went to the living room, read awhile then went outside…
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Some Ash Wednesday Thoughts on Fasting and Feasting
I came across this prayer several years ago and have posted it many times in the past. I share it again because I find wisdom in it for this Lenten season. After you read through it and perhaps pray through it, consider what pairs of fasting/feasting you want to add. Fast from judging others;feast on the Christ indwelling in them. Fast from emphasis on differences;feast on the unity of all…
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Can It Already Be Lent Again?
Well, yes it can! It’s no use saying Epiphany was too short this year or I’m not ready for Lent. It is happening. And I am disappointed! Last year during Lent I sent out an email each day that used the book 40 Day Journey with Dietrich Bonhoffer to offer a quote from Dietrich Bonhoeffer along with a brief Scripture passage, a Psalm portion, some questions for reflection and journaling,…
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Formation - Optional or Not?
Many years ago I taught “Introduction to Sociology” at a junior college in South Georgia. When we got to the chapter on “socialization,” we went over the textbook definition, which went something like what is found at Wikipedia, … socialization … is the process of internalizing the norms and ideologies of society. Socialization encompasses both learning and teaching and is thus the means by…
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An invitation to my posting on the Uniform Series
Please let me have a moment of your time today to let you know about my postings on another part of my website. Some of you who follow these posts know that I also post reflections on the International Sunday School Lessons (also called the Uniform Series). I post Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings at http://lectio.discipleswalk.org. I title them “reflections” but my intent is not to offer my…
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What I’m Doing - Can You Help?
What I’m Doing – Can You Help?
Have you ever noticed those lists of the most searched words on Google, Bing or DuckDuckGo? Apparently in 2022 the most searched word on Google was “wordle.” I wonder if the folks doing those searches are looking for … well, I haven’t played the game, I do know folks who play it, so I would be searching for the best way to play the game, or for “hints” on how to play it for the best results. And…
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Do you Need a Break from Holiday Noises and Busyness?
Do you Need a Break from Holiday Noises and Busyness?
We have just passed Thanksgiving Day and before some of us had time to take a deep breath the First Sunday of Advent was upon us. Then there are all the emails and media noise about “Black Friday,” “Cyber Monday,” “Giving Tuesday” and the great things on sale this year that are “too good” to miss out on. Does your schedule of daily activities get more and more crowded with appointments,…
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Is Everything Ready for Thanksgiving Day?
Is Everything Ready for Thanksgiving Day?
Just a few days and it will be Thanksgiving Day once again. Is the menu planned? Do you have all the fixings on hand? Has everyone received their invitations and replied? What else? Maybe something (or someone) has been left out? With all that goes on this time of the year we can fail to be the “mood” for Thanksgiving. This past Sunday we spent some time in the worship service I attended…
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Takeaways from forgotten books
Takeaways from forgotten books
Over the past year or so I have been devoting some time to divesting of some of my too large (and too underutilized) collection of books. This has not been easy. And no, this is not a post about downsizing or simplifying one’s life (well, at least, not in whole). It’s in part a post about serendipity, discovery, and excavation. And yes, I have downsized some. I want to claim I have downsized a…
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Entering Scripture, one more model of Lectio Divina
Here is a "updated" approach to Lectio Divina. Try it on.
Entering Scripture, one more model of Lectio Divina Several months ago I offered a post on “Entering Scripture” via the steps of Lectio Divina. I intended for the following week to offer another method that is patterned on Lectio Divina but circumstances and time got away from me and it was never posted. So, today, let’s try that again. What I post below is found in The Message//Remix: Solo –…
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Just in Case You Do Not Recognize Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Just in Case You Do Not Recognize Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Last week I mentioned I was putting together a Lenten mailing list to offer a practice that incorporated readings from Dietrich Bonhoeffer and realized I assumed “everyone” knew who Bonhoeffer was. If that is not the case for some, let me offer a few thoughts. First, let me offer a link to a very good overview provided at the The Dietrich Bonhoeffer Institute – …
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How About Spending Time with Dietrich Bonhoeffer this Lent?
How About Spending Time with Dietrich Bonhoeffer this Lent?
The Mardi Gras parades are well underway here in Mobile, Alabama, so Mardi Gras Day and Ash Wednesday will soon be upon us. I’ve been thinking about Ash Wednesday and Lent for several weeks and wondering if there was a Lenten practice I wanted to take up this year or maybe share with others. Several years ago I came across the book 40 Day Journey with Dietrich Bonhoeffer and mentioned it on…
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Entering Scripture - Lectio Divina
Entering Scripture – Lectio Divina
“The Psalms acquire, for those who know how to enter into them, a surprising depth, a marvelous and inexhaustible actuality. They are bread, miraculously provided by Christ,to feed those who have followed Him into the wilderness.”From: Bread in the Wilderness by Thomas Merton I posted the above quote last week in The Lectio Room as part of our reflections on Psalm 149 and 150 (…
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Do You Know a Good Story …
Do You Know a Good Story … Eugene Peterson might help us understand the importance of stories
“Stories are verbal acts of hospitality.”Eugene Peterson When I read the above I immediately thought of Jesus’ parables. By calling them “parables,” let’s not forget they are stories. Some short, some micro-short, some longer but all stories in one form or another. Did you ever wonder why Jesus so often told stories, rather than presenting theological discourses as many of us might be prone to…
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A Sabbath Meditation - Psalm 84
A Sabbath Meditation – Psalm 84
The Psalmist is so drawn to The Lord’s “dwelling place” he cannot help but sing out about its beauty, its safety, its empowering of his life, its nearness ever as he journeys toward it. As I listen to the Psalmist sing, How lovely is your dwelling place,O Lord of hosts!My soul longs, indeed it faintsfor the courts of the Lord;my heart and my flesh sing for joyto the living God. I hear how he…
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Are We Graded on a Pass-Fail or ….
Are We Graded on a Pass-Fail or …. maybe we should pay attention to something from Jana Riess
These posts began as emails to an adult Sunday school class over 10 years ago. It was probably about 1982 that I first read Richard Foster’s Celebration of Discipline and Freedom of Simplicity and over the following years found more and more to read about spiritual disciplines/practices and later began to make the first attempts to incorporate such into my life. (I’ll spare you a lengthy…
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