Resurrection Sunday

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Resurrection Sunday is always moving but it was deeply moving this year. I have been soaking in it as opposed to trying to understand it. Some moments are too holy to dissect and graph. But I am aware of three recent experiences that have together heightened my awe of...
Don’t Close Your Eyes

Don’t Close Your Eyes

by | faith, spiritual formation

“Today’s fast was hard,” a friend confessed. “Thinking of all Jesus experienced—well, it’s too much to bear.” Yes. It is. Day Thirty-One of 40 Days of Decrease was difficult to write. As I studied each gospel and recorded each instance of violent mockery that preceded...
Spiritual Surgery

Spiritual Surgery

by | spiritual formation

“This feels like surgery. I need a week, not a day, on each fast!” This statement is among the most common encouragements I am hearing from readers of 40 Days of Decrease. Yep. Or even a month. But I am guessing that 40 weeks of decrease (let alone 40...
Words

Words

by | spiritual formation

Feeling a wee bit nostalgic at the moment. I am typing from a school gym where Keona is participating in her first Speech & Debate tournament. Ah, the memories. Moving annually as a child granted me the opportunity to be the perpetual new kid in school. Always...
Risk

Risk

by | faith, Lent, spiritual formation

Without question, it was risky. But trees do not seem to weigh risk. They celebrate life whenever the opportunity presents itself. This pic is from the Silver Maple I see from my prayer room. The branch has grown to the point where it almost touches my window. (Yes,...

8 days until Lent

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Sunday morning I had the joy of speaking at a church that is going to do 40 Days of Decrease with their congregation for Lent. Trinity Church in Cedar Hill, TX is pastored by longtime friends, Jim and Becky Hennesey. They ordered a chunk of books and next Sunday will...
And the willow

And the willow

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I have spent much of today preparing to speak this week in Texas. My desk is mainly for emails and organizing and finances. My chair is for thinking and writing and creating. Today has mostly been a chair day. Creating sermons is more art than task for me. I pour...
When I could have done better

When I could have done better

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Ah, learning. As an introvert—or perhaps simply as a human—I prefer to learn in private. Quite often though, my learning occurs in public. And public offers a different type of spiritual formational opportunity that cannot be underestimated. I am typing on a flight...
Fasting Regrets on Faith Gateway

Fasting Regrets on Faith Gateway

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For this week’s blog, I invite you to click one more time HERE and read my thoughts on Fasting Regrets at FaithGateway.com. New is wonderful…and strangely, new is also at times a reminder of what is now old. May this be a year to let it go (yes, feel free...

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