I have a favorite spiritual discipline, and I notice that I exercise it more when I'm in a good place mentally and spiritually. A connection perhaps? I like to be in a public area where no one knows me, and watch people and pray for them. Usually I start out making sentences in my head, and then … [Read more...] about Praying with Open Eyes
A Stone of Hope
President's Day dawned unseasonably warm, here in the land of presidents. So Doug and I decided we should do something 1) presidential, and 2) outdoors. We drove into the District of Columbia to walk the monuments. As they say, whenever you have a good idea, you can be sure a lot of other people … [Read more...] about A Stone of Hope
Writers on Writing: Scott Cairns
I heard some great lectures at the Festival of Faith & Writing. Here are a few choice bits from Scott Cairns, poet and essayist, raised-Baptist, now-Orthodox: "Tell the Calvinists they're not as bad as they think they are." "Writers are people who use their writing to figure things out, not to … [Read more...] about Writers on Writing: Scott Cairns