05Jan2021 NEW YEAR NEW ME NEW WE It’s been quite some time since I made any real mention in my journal. For certainty’s sake, the last entry was 26JULY2020 (Day 132 of COVID-19) and we’re still in COVID… (Day 290 to be precise). The past months have been interesting. Very interesting. I’m finding a lot…
I realize it’s been a while since I have last posted…3 months if you’re counting. During that time, I closed the chapter of one life moment and opened the chapter on a new life moment. My plan is to begin blogging again soon and share more about this new chapter of my life, a slowed-down…
Day 62 (COVID-19 Quarantine) – Easter Week Six Signs, Signs, Everywhere Signs… Several years ago I read an awesome book by Leonard Sweet, Nudge (2010), and for the first time, heard the word semiotics. Semiotics is the study of signs and sign-using behavior. One of its founders, the Swiss linguist Ferdinand de Saussure, defined it…
The following are a couple of entries from my electronic journal. This meditation and reflection was inspired by the lectionary readings during Easter Week One and the Book of Common Prayer 15APRIL2020 – the reflection begins I’m using the texts from the RCL for Easter Week One as prompts for my reflections and Lectio Divina…
The following are somewhat random excerpts from my thoughts and journal entries over the past 24 hours. We are currently still under a shelter in place quarantine for the COVID-19 virus pandemic. Day 21: Still weary. Still trying to find my rhythm in the chaos of quiet and stillness of uncertainty. I feel like I’m…
(warning: graphic language alert) Context: Global COVID-19 Pandemic. Several states in the US are under a “shelter-in-place” mandate to mitigate the spread of the virus. We are currently on day 9 with expectations that we will be under this mandate an additional 2-wks. I’m currently reading from Christian Teachings on the Practice of Prayer for…
4th Sunday of Lent: A Personal Reflection on Psalm 23 One of the texts for this Sunday (Revised Common Lectionary) is Psalm 23. As I read through this text slowly, listening for what God, the Holy Spirit, would bring to my attention, the words, “I shall not want” (Psalm 23:1) stick with me. I pause…
The rule of Sabbath and its practice has been a long and continuing study for many years for me. Recently, it has been a near obsession as I have helped with presenting a study to my local church and our network of small groups. The past few days found me reading a gospel narrative from…
Prayer is an education; prayer is the study of God. Prayer is the purest form of theology. Prayer is the classroom of the soul. I desire to be a student of God, a student of Jesus, a student of the Holy Spirit. “I give myself as a holy sacrifice…” –Jesus (John 17:19) I desire to…
I’m giving some thought today to spiritual formation; specifically, the practices that are part of the process of formation. It is important for me to remind myself that formation, especially spiritual formation (in the image of Christ) is multi-faceted. There is no one device that God uses in the process of his creation being restored…
