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March 2018

March 10, 2018

Practices From the Inside Out: Looking for God in the Checkout Line

Looking for God in the Checkout Line There are times when we feel like we...

March 01, 2018

Practices From the Inside Out: Finding the Words We Live By

Understanding the Words We Live By Our communication relies on a combination of words and...

February 2018

February 24, 2018

Practices From the Inside Out: Coloring Outside the Lines

Coloring Outside the Lines When I was a child one of the things I most...

February 17, 2018

Practices From the Inside Out: Our Thoughts and Prayers

Our Thoughts and Prayers Are With You Our thoughts and prayers need to be a...

February 10, 2018

Practices From the Inside Out: Practicing the Power of Love

The Power of Love We talk about the power of love. It can be a...

February 03, 2018

Practices From the Inside Out: Paying Attention and Reflecting

Paying Attention and Reflecting What spiritual disciplines do we practice? Which of the ways we...

January 2018

January 27, 2018

Practices From the Inside Out: Living Everyday Spiritual Life

Living Everyday Spiritual Life It is easy for us to assume spiritual life is for...

January 20, 2018

Practices From the Inside Out: What Are We Trying to Find?

What Are We Trying to Find? The reasons people become interested in spiritual life are...

January 13, 2018

Practices From the Inside Out: How Will We Worship Today?

Will We Worship Today? Most of us do not think we spend much time worshipping...

January 06, 2018

Practices From the Inside Out: Staying in Bed to Read Books

Staying in Bed to Read Books The spiritual discipline I have practiced the longest might...

December 2017

December 30, 2017

Practices From the Inside Out: How Do We Make a Fresh Start?

How Do We Make a Fresh Start? A lot of people I know look forward...

December 28, 2017

Looking Back: 12 Questions For Deeper Reflection From 2017

Questions For Deeper Reflection It can be helpful to look back over the past twelve...

December 23, 2017

Practices From the Inside Out: What is Christmas All About?

What is Christmas All About? For some of us, Christmas is all about making money....

December 21, 2017

Practices From the Inside Out: Following Scrooge’s Example

Following Scrooge's Example For some reason, Ebenezer Scrooge has been on my mind lately. It...

December 16, 2017

Practices From the Inside Out: Head Toward the Light

Head Toward the Light Where I live we are still heading into deeper darkness. Our...

December 09, 2017

Practices From the Inside Out: Bringing Fire to the Earth

Bringing Fire to the Earth This has been a week of bringing fire to the...

December 02, 2017

Practices From the Inside Out: What is Advent All About?

What is Advent All About? It could all be because we are afraid of the...

November 2017

November 25, 2017

Practices From the Inside Out: Building Our Own Spiritual Life

Building Our Own Spiritual Life We went out for pizza the other day and immediately...

November 18, 2017

Practices From the Inside Out: Sustaining Curiosity

Sustaining Curiosity Many of the people who talk to me about spiritual life expect it...

November 10, 2017

Practices From the Inside Out: What is So Great About Being Grateful?

What is So Great About Being Grateful? I hear a lot about being grateful, especially at...

November 04, 2017

Practices From the Inside Out: The Turmoils of Spiritual Life

Turmoils of Spiritual Life A lot of people like to think spiritual life is supposed...

October 2017

October 28, 2017

Practices From the Inside Out: Taking Off Our Masks

Taking Off Our Masks Some of us put a great deal of time and effort...

October 21, 2017

Practices From the Inside Out: Asking for Directions

Asking for Directions There is something about me. I may look reliable or like I know where I am...

October 14, 2017

Practices From the Inside Out: When Spiritual Life Falls to Pieces

When Spiritual Life Falls to Pieces There are times when everything seems to just fall...

October 07, 2017

Practices From the Inside Out: Why Are We Still Practicing?

Why Are We Still Practicing? Until I finished high school, I was a percussionist. I usually...

September 2017

September 30, 2017

Practices From the Inside Out: Setting Aside Our Fear

Setting Aside Our Fear Our fear keeps us awake at night. It holds us back...

September 23, 2017

Practices From the Inside Out: Celebrating Spiritual Life

Celebrating Spiritual Life We love to celebrate, commemorate, and recognize. Almost anything is a cause...

September 16, 2017

Practices From the Inside Out: The Power of Comfort

The Power of Comfort We believe in the power of comfort. Our comfort zones have...

September 12, 2017

Practices From the Inside Out: Finding the Time We Need

Finding the Time We Need Time is the one resource, the one possession, of which...

September 09, 2017

Practices From the Inside Out: Our Context of Spiritual Life

Our Context of Spiritual Life Spiritual life is larger than we are. We find it intimidating,...