Santa Claus relationship, vending-machine view, tech-support request—these are three of the latest descriptors I find personally challenging when asked to consider how I approach the spiritual discipline of prayer. This thought-provoking encounter is not dissimilar to the experience with reading Scripture that I share in the post entitled Stay or Go after reading Jen Wilkin’s …
Category: Emerging Generations
Buried Pipes
Perhaps today’s concern arises out of the fact that as days go by, I am finding myself more and more often as one of the older people in the room. Yes, I am fully aware that I am not in my twenties anymore but spending the majority of the day immersed with Emerging Generations, there …
Wrestling Coach
Academic people intimidate me. Yes, I comprehend the irony of that statement but it’s also accurate. To prove this statement even further, I will confess a true event: I once returned the book provided for a faculty dialogue group because I didn’t understand it! Fortunately, this has only happened once and the opportunity to converse …
Hebrides
One week ago, I was sitting in a church in Huntsville, Alabama, at a women’s conference when the speaker asked the audience if we’d ever heard of the Hebrides Revival [ˈhebrədēz]. Today, sitting in chapel, when the pastor mentioned the Hebrides, I thought I knew the story he was about to share with us, yet …
Flourishing @ Life 