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Hurricanes and Hunkering Down
For the Celtic monastic tradition, wandering was a powerful practice, shaping much of their vision of Christian spiritual life. There is a unique term for this Celtic wandering--peregrinatio pro Christo--the call to wander for the love of Christ. It is a phrase...
Quit isn’t a bad word.
When we quit for the right reasons, we are changed. Something breaks inside of us when we finally say, 'No more.' The Holy Spirit births a new resolve within us. We rise above our fears and defensiveness. The hard soil of our heart becomes soft and ready to receive...
The Afternoon Knows: The Importance of Being Still
Solitude is the soil in which genius is planted, creativity grows, and legends bloom; faith in oneself is the rain that cultivates a hero to endure the storm, and bare the genesis of a new world, a new forest. -Mike Norton "Still water or sparkling?" asked the...
The Afternoon Knows: We must savor every second we’re given.
Standing in front of The John Lennon Wall in Old Town Prague, or Praha 1, meditating on all the words written on this vast cement canvas, four words stood out. "No Day But Today." After the past year and almost losing my own mother on several occasions, I've come to...
The Afternoon Knows: Everybody needs rest.
Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge. -Eckhart Tolle I realized this morning that the timeline of these "The Afternoon Knows" blogs is definitely not sequential, but...
It’s Okay to Fall Apart
"There is a time, it seems, in our walk through the wilderness, that we must risk walking in darkness and silence. It is at this time we must take our understanding and comprehension of things as they seem, fold it in our backpack and walk with only the hand of God...
The Afternoon Knows: It’s Okay to Fall Apart
"The afternoon knows what the morning never thought of." -Robert Frost "Fall apart" is something I don't like to do. Saying "I need help," or the word, "limitation," just doesn't flow out of my mouth easily. Some might call this pride. Others might call it...
The Afternoon Knows: You are Stronger than you Know.
“Deep roots are not reached by the frost.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien The afternoon knows one very important thing: You are stronger than you know. If anyone had told me what the last eleven months had in store, I wouldn't have believed them. You know. You've been there, too....
The Afternoon Knows.
The afternoon knows what the morning never thought of" (Robert Frost). "Janell, it is so good to see you," smiled Erin. "How on earth are you? Tell me what's going on." There in the middle of the women's bathroom of the YMCA, I smiled. "I don't even know where to...
100 New Feathers for My Empty Nest
Reviewing and gathering this morning for upcoming book projects and Bible Studies. Little did I know that the words penned on April 26, 2008 would resonate with such intensity today, July 24, 2013...five years later. I need these words, again, as I face an "emptier"...
Are you feeling WORN today? This word is just for you!
Oh my goodness. I love waking up and being led to a word from a loving God. This morning, I received a link to Tenth Avenue North's, Worn. Right when I needed a word, there it sat in my inbox. Why today? Well, I'm in the midst of writing and rewriting and rewriting...
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