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The Winter Solstice. No need to get lost in definitions and explanations.  It’s clear: the Sun’s path is shorter as it tracks more and more to the south.  Summer’s 14 hours of daylight (at least here, in central Texas) have…

Dallas Willard once called hurry the great enemy of spiritual life in our day. And said, “You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from you life.” —from “Unhurrying with A Rule of Life: The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry” John Mark Comer (October…

Invariably, as we have offered our different explorations, we’ve heard various sentiments of regret: “Wish we could attend, but we’re busy that weekend!,” or “Wish it weren’t so far away!… When are you going to do something over here?” Now,…

[Note: This post is a bit different than previous ones – being loaded with a host of videos to view. Worth it, I believe.  Highly worth it.  But, it does have me imagining you wanting a nice cup of tea…

A young boy sat in his front yard on the edge of a sandbox— pouring water out of a small cup, into a variety of molds filled with sand and dirt. It was a confusing picture. Yes, he hummed a…

“Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.”  (Colossians 2:7) On a recent Monday morning,…

A week or so ago, I spoke of our need to “demystify mysticism”—taking time to claim and embrace contemplation as an ordinary gift, available to each and all of us. (cf, Keeping Your Ear to the Ground [of Your Being])…

It was a tidbit thrown out as an aside in a discussion–a “scrap” which has had a much fuller and deeper life for me than a lot of other things I heard that day.  Facilitating a retreat on “Effective Living”…

Thomas Merton offers a helpful perspective on the relationship between informational and formational approaches to scripture. An adequate grasp of the biblical text, he says, “requires two levels of understanding: first, a preliminary unraveling of the meaning of the texts…