Author speaker on Celtic & Contemplative Christianity;sp director; leader of spiritual pilgrimages to Iona, UK
Siloam Springs, Arkansas
Joined September 2014
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The great temptation is to try to make it happen ourselves #DallasWillard #LivingInChristsPresence #faith #Jesus #yoke #trust #spiritual #truth #christianquotes
Thanks to @nedbustard who knows the importance of seeing beauty and creating it.
“To lean into beauty is to submit to transformation, fueled by the power of a creative God.”—@TracyBalzer #iona
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“The task, and the joy, of writing for me is that I can play with the metaphors that God has placed in the world and present them to others in a way they will accept.”
— from THE QUOTIDIAN MYSTERIES
Though I am an American, my admiration for ERII is immense. May my grandgirl Lizzy be inspired by the humility and commitment this woman displayed throughout her life.
Word.
‘My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.’
Edith Sitwell, born #OnThisDay in 1887
#WednesdayWisdom
I’m not part of this huge Twitter convo— but I did find this article helpful, and post it here for anyone who is interested.
#Stop Applauding Pastors Who Publicly Confess Their Sins via @CTmagazine christianitytoday.com/ct/202…
Prepping for my trip to England in a month, and will give this a good listen.
#ICYMI on KPBS Midday Edition: Rick Steves has returned to world travel, monitoring health guidelines of destination alongs. Now that countries have largely reopened to tourism, he advises travelers to enjoy their vacations — safely. kpbs.us/3CkyWoX
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Tonight, bipartisan members of Congress passed legislation to address the scourge of gun violence across America.
Our kids and our nation will be safer because of this legislation. The House of Representatives should promptly vote and send it to my desk.
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Four people were killed in Tulsa on Wednesday after a gunman -- who was later found dead -- opened fire on the second floor of a medical building, authorities in Oklahoma said. cnn.it/3xn1f2b
Another deadly shooting, this time in Tulsa, way too close to people I love. I confess I am finding it harder to obey Christ’s exhortation to “be not afraid.”
Lord have mercy on all who are weeping in Tulsa this morning.
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A profound service that the Church can offer to today’s world is to recapture a sacramental way of looking at the world. -Ray Simpson
Spent the afternoon with our grandgirl exploring “Narnia”— lovely open green space with plenty of trees— and made the most incredible discovery: the farm right behind has a herd of Highland Cows.
We will now go to that farm and become friends.
It’s half past midnight and I just sent in my first 5000 wds of my doctoral project—so of course I’m wide awake. And will have a massive vulnerability hangover tomorrow.
Lord bless these words, the good & the bad, and make them holy. #WTS #sacredartofwriting #christianimagination
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After shouts of Hosanna, Jesus enters the temple & clears out those who have used religion to exploit people.
He then welcomes the blind & lame in the temple & heals them.
Holy Week reminds us that Jesus has a furious & passionate love for those the world has little regard for.
Apologies in advance of what I’m about to say is ignorant or insensitive (pls tell me). But for fun we re-watched #LOTR The Two Towers last night, and all I could see was that Rohan was Ukraine.
It’s only a fanciful story, or maybe an allegory…til it’s not.