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April 2013

April 28, 2013

Birding as Labyrinth

The trees shimmer in an early evening wind that makes it difficult to see the...

January 2013

January 01, 2013

Knowing Names

This morning I began a bird list for 2013. I went to a nearby park,...

November 2012

November 10, 2012

Pre-Read

Tomorrow churches that use the Revised Common Lectionary will read Mark 12:38-44 and most likely...

November 02, 2012

In the Dark

Go to a dark place tonight and look up at the stars. Feel the vastness...

November 01, 2012

Spend 20 Minutes in Silence

Quiet is a hard thing to find; not only because noise is hard to get...

October 2012

October 16, 2012

Blessed are the job creators

The Beatitudes of Jesus are a statement on who is well off in the kingdom...

October 13, 2012

Security Blanket

Spend 20 minutes contemplating your life. What are the things in your life that help...

October 11, 2012

Light a Candle

The Exercise: Spend the last thirty minutes of the day in prayer and meditation. Dim...

October 06, 2012

Native Tongue

Today, the Anglican/Episcopal church celebrates the feast day of William Tyndale who brought the bible...

October 04, 2012

A Quiet Hour

Spend one hour in silence--go to a park, take a walk, sit in a quiet...

September 2012

September 22, 2012

Go to a Garden

Take time today to walk in a natural setting--it could be a garden, a hiking...

September 15, 2012

Spend Time Outside

The natural world offers a kind of peace and a way to enter into God's...

September 13, 2012

Listening Prayer

Sit in silence for 20 minutes outdoors. Listen carefully, isolating each sound as it comes--the...

September 11, 2012

Square Foot

Go outside and find a space to mark off one square foot. Sit and observe...

September 09, 2012

Memorize Monday: 2 Peter 1:2-10

Read, re-read and meditate on 2 Peter 1:2-10. Then work on memorizing the passage over...

September 07, 2012

Put to Death

On Fridays we remember the death of Christ. In this death Christ set an example...

September 04, 2012

Is It You?

Christ appears in many forms, sometimes familiar ones. In every encounter you have today, whether...

September 01, 2012

Push the Limits

Do something today that pushes your body to the limits--it could be a long run,...

August 2012

August 28, 2012

Feast of St. Augustine of Hippo

Today we celebrate the feast day of St. Augustine. It has been said that Augustine's...

August 22, 2012

Go and Listen

There's an amazing lecture going on today--a fascinating speaker is presenting his thoughts on how...

August 22, 2012

Your Weakness

What are your weaknesses, your sins, your inclinations that always seem to get you in...

August 21, 2012

Ask Questions and Wait for a Reply

In every conversation you have work to make listening the most significant role you play....

August 19, 2012

Be with the body

Com (with) + muni (body)-- being with the body, that is what we do as we gather together...

August 16, 2012

A Child in the Arms of God

Each night, as I put my daughter to sleep there is a moment when she...

August 15, 2012

Pray the Rosary

The Rosary has been a critical part of Roman Catholic devotional life since Medieval times,...

August 13, 2012

Memorize Monday: 1 John 4:7-21

Part of the purpose of spiritual disciplines is to make right actions automatic. When we...

August 06, 2012

Memorize Monday: Colossians 1:15-20

Memorize Colossians 1:15-20 This passage, a hymn of sorts, answers the critical question: who is...

August 02, 2012

Wander

C. S. Lewis is said to have walked every day, rain or shine, because walking...

July 2012

July 30, 2012

Memorize Monday: Romans 12:9-21

In what will be a recurring exercise, we will take Monday to memorize a passage...

July 26, 2012

Admit You Don’t Know

Place yourself before God. Admit you don't know. Ask that God will guide you even...