You know when you want to do something just right so you put off doing it until you can do it just right... But that time never seems to come, so you don’t end up doing it at all? (I know you know what I’m talking about...) Well I’ve been wanting to post an [...]
THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL Today was my last day of class for the semester at Denver Seminary where I started attending this year. My class was entitled Theology and Practices of Spiritual Formation, focusing on, fairly obviously, spiritual formation, primarily through the spiritual disciplines. This was just one simple class, once a week [...]
As many of you know, I am back in grad school this semester at the Denver Seminary as part of my sabbatical. And, as part of a research project for my Spiritual Disciplines course, I am planning a 6 week Contemplative Prayer/Meditation group in order to share and experience two contemplative practices that have been particularly powerful for [...]
IT'S BEEN QUIET 'ROUND HERE Happy New Year! Is it still appropriate to say that now that we’re (finally) almost through January? Jeez, longest month of the year is an understatement. Regardless, I hope this finds you all happy, healthy and settled in for 2019. AND SPEAKING OF Speaking of, this January marked 5 years [...]
Avoiding Extremes & Maintaining Balance Part l I talk a lot about balance. Work/life balance and prioritizing ourselves in the midst of our busy lives and... is it even possible? Well, I can tell you one thing, it’s a lot harder than it looks and for some reason I've continued to replay the same pattern [...]
(Article originally posted in the Elephant Journal February 23, 2018) This year, I ended a negative relationship and started a beautiful one. I dropped my love-hate battle with diet, weight, and body image, where “food is the enemy” and made peace with food instead. I decided that since we’re in this together, we might as [...]
