on writng truth – the Rule of Life as truth-telling
Honesty is the most important too in writing a Rule of Life. It seems obvious and yet in a book about wiring a Rule of Life I need to say…
Chapter XIII Loss
Chapter XIII - Loss There will be loss. Inevitably. There will be loss. I will need to let go of things, and not letting go of them will only bring…
Chapter XII on Grief
Grief- dancing with the limp It gives me a measure of peace that the Hebrew word for God’s Glory, Kavod, is a word of weights and measures - a word…
Chapters on living with uncertainty
Chapter XI - Living with uncertainty “And can any of you, by worrying, add a single hour to your span of life?” Matthew 6:27 It is interesting to me that…
Chapter X on Meditation
Chapter X - Meditation A Rule of Life The Rev. Canon Charles LaFond Life can be so busy and with so many moving parts. There always seems to be an…
Chapters on anxious thoughts
This week we will be looking at chapters which encourage mental wellness. What chapters do you need in your Rule of life which will remind you of how you want…
On writing your Rule of LIfe
As you write your Rule of lIfe, remember that it need not be complicated nor long. Indeed, if it is either, you will threaten your willingness later to read it…
as Christmas fades to Lent’s looking – Chapter VII – STILLNESS and Downton Abbey
Chapter VII - Stillness A Rule of Life The Reverend Canon Charles LaFond Like silence, stillness is at once a choice, a luxury, an honored spiritual practice and a defiant…
Chapter VI Creativity
Creativity The Rule of Life The Reverend Canon Charles LaFond Chapter VI We are made in God’s image and are made, therefore to reflect God’s essential existence as creator, lover…
Chapter Five- A Rule of Life Chapter on Sabbath-keeping
Chapter Five – Sabbath-Keeping The Rule of Life The Reverend Canon Charles LaFond Being a Christian does not make one better than others, but it does make one different. And…