Prayerful Meditation: Stopping

Prayerful Meditation: Stopping

This week’s emphasis is meditation. Today’s blog is originally from the book, Pause: The Secret to a Better Life, One Word at a Time. “Eastern meditation is an attempt to empty the mind; Christian meditation is an attempt to fill the mind. The two ideas are quite...
A Poem About Silence 

A Poem About Silence 

From: a slow and sudden God: 40 years of wonder. silence you are too often missing among us. we raise the noise. we add and add and add more sound to keep you out. we fail to know we need you. we crave you, but misinterpret desires, crafting new trends of sound,...
The Spiritual Discipline of Silence

The Spiritual Discipline of Silence

(We continue emphasizing a spiritual discipline each week. This week’s focus is on silence. Today’s comments are from Chris Maxwell’s book Pause For Moms: Finding Rest in a Too Busy World.) Seeing this chapter title’s two words, “A Retreat,” reminds me of many...
More Thoughts on Worship by Clarke Sowell

More Thoughts on Worship by Clarke Sowell

It’s easy to be excited about Jesus when what He’s saved you from isn’t far behind. Emotions can carry us for a season, but what about when life levels out? The sweet by and by is typically where we get distracted, or sadly, go back to the mindsets that ruled us...