Drafting a Rule of Life chapter on Speech: a how-to primer
Writing a Rule of Life need be neither complicated nor difficult. Those are just thoughts. “It is too hard.” “I cannot write.” “I do not know what I want…
On Speech and Cotton in Virginia
Ever since I was a small boy, we often spent Christmas in Williamsburg. Not only are these various wreaths beautiful and creative, but the ones with cotton pods always stand…
Rule of Life as map
Epiphany is a blast of light in the middle of darkness - a star - a way to find home in the darkness. The way towards Easter. And the Rule…
The Chapters in a Rule of Life
Designing the “chapters” of a Rule of Life (see blogs from Monday and Tuesday to get the background on the why and how of a Rule of Life.) A “chapter”…
What is a Rule of LIfe?
Meister Eckhart: “If you know God, you know that God’s primary activity is giving birth.” I love this wreath. It implies a set of scales and I believe a Rule…
Wreaths and Rules
As the feast of the Epiphany hovers before us - the liturgical version of America’s fourth of July fireworks - we have only a few days left in Christmas’ twelve…
creativity- a reasonable response
So what do we do now? The culture in which we live is packing up Christmas into boxes already. Stores slash prices on Christmas nick nacs and many turn to…
silence
Today is a day for fewer words. Today, the Word of God was made into flesh and emerged from the womb of a girl - a frightened little girl, who…
Joseph
Today, for some strange reason, my heart is with Joseph. He just watched as things unfolded. How confusing it must have been. God must have given him some profound clues…
sticky, real, Mary and Frank Sinatra-both
It is time to drill down. Go deeper. Really consider this God-man and that God chooses to become one though a frightened little girl in a nothing town on a…