Each year, when Thanksgiving rolls around, I consider the profound nature of gratitude in daily living. There are certain spiritual issues like gratitude that I like to call bedrock. In other words, there are elements of the spiritual life that are so central, so foundational, that when we work on them we see progress in [...]
Archive for April, 2008
A Call To Full Engagement
Posted in A Spiritual Perspective, Christian Living, Godly Attitude, tagged generosity, gratitude on April 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Reaction Vs. Response
Posted in A Spiritual Perspective, Christian Living, Godly Attitude, tagged Mark Twain, pendulum principle, Wisdom on April 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Endless invention, endless experiment,
Brings knowledge of motion, but not of stillness;
Knowledge of speech, but not of silence;
Knowledge of words, and ignorance of the Word…
Where is the Life we have lost in living?
Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?
Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?
—TS Eliot
When I was in college, a favorite [...]
Musings on Beauty
Posted in A Spiritual Perspective, tagged beauty, Beauty in Creation, Christian Faith, Georgia O'Keefe, Glory of God, Spiritual Growth on April 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Nobody sees a flower– really– it is so small– we haven’t time– and to see takes time like to have a friend takes time. If I could paint the flower exactly as I see it, no one would see what I see because I would paint it small like the flower is small. So I [...]
