Index – The Spiritual Practice of Welcoming
• Start by reading The Welcoming Prayer. Live out the year practicing the spiritual discipline of welcoming. Below is a schedule of welcoming one healthy practice a month, and letting go…
Read moreWelcome the Outsider
Have Enough Favorites? It’s been a few years now, but I remember the night Brian brought me Vietnamese spring rolls. He had made spring rolls a couple weeks earlier and…
Read moreDid Your 2016 Problems Go Away?
What problems did you start the year with? Do you still have them? Did any new problems pop up along the way? I ended 2015 with the problem of undiagnosed…
Read moreNo Pride in Giving, No Shame in Taking
The line Saturday morning was long and jumbled and talkative. Each person was waiting to receive their free teal bag. It contained a carefully-loaded gift of meat and vegetables and dessert, enough…
Read moreJ – Jobs with God {26 Surprising Ways to Encounter God, A-Z}
“Man’s main concern is not to gain pleasure or to avoid pain but rather to see a meaning in his life.” – Viktor Frankl J—Jobs “I don’t want to do…
Read moreIt’s Not About Looking Good
I’m trying not to be “all wedding,” all the time. But because we’re less than a month away from my baby girl getting married, it’s consuming a lot of my…
Read moreHit the Pause Button
First comes the cut. I had a small spot removed from my foot two weeks ago. In the moment, it was mildly painful. Next comes the healing. The injury ends;…
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