As Lent began, many of us adopted a special observance for the season. Some of us made a commitment to a traditional practice such as prayer, fasting, penitence, study or almsgiving. But last week at church, my rector conveyed an important message – whatever we do during Lent, we shouldn’t go it alone.
Read MoreInterreligious space doesn’t need to be explicitly about worship, prayer, or the divine. What is required, however, is regular interaction, vulnerability, and risk.
Read More“I knew I would be uncomfortable, stretched theologically and come to moments of complete disagreement with my classmates. What might the Spirit be leading me into next?”
Read MoreThe duality of my two vocations has felt confusing until one of my priests used a word I hadn’t heard before. “You’re bi-vocational,” she said simply as we were sipping sodas together at a local restaurant where we had met one afternoon to talk.
Read MoreThe question caused me to reflect on the idea of a Sabbath year and what it might involve. I was clear I couldn’t make any drastic lifestyle changes; I do not want to withdraw from the world, and I am not in a position to take a true sabbatical from work. Instead, I decided to commit to take a 24-36 hour retreat each month.
Read More“We are given amazing, Spirit-filled abilities to speak to one another despite our differences, and to enact our vocational callings in ways we never could have imagined possible. For me, this blog is becoming one of those Spirit-filled gifts.”
Read More“To ‘encourage’ someone basically means to give them a heart – that strong, beating, not-giving-up kind of heart.”
Read MoreIn the Bible, God explicitly commands us to provide encouragement to one another. In your own life, how do you give and receive encouragement?
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