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 [...]
TO DRINK OR NOT TO DRINK... That is the question. Or is it? Here we are nearly 5 months into my alcohol-free journey, smack dab in the middle of the holiday season. I figured it’d be a good time to update you, my friends, and those of you curious on my 'status.’ So let [...]
QUICK DISCLAIMER I wrote this on Tuesday 9/4, but struggled with it for a few more days. I wanted to address what I promised Part l, but also feel like there's so much else, so much other, so much more I'd like to share. (Note to self: write more, more frequently). It just felt [...]
PART I Yesterday marked 31 days AF (alcohol free) for me. Which means 31 days ago I had my last drink, and it wasn’t a glamorous one...think bad chardonnay via free Southwest drink tickets on the tail end of trip to Mexico while be rerouted to Amarillo, TX due to storms in Denver. Quite [...]
What you're currently doing, or not doing, in your life should not define you. I used to identify with the activities, practices and behaviors (workouts/diets) that I participated in to the point of letting it define who I was as a person. The problem with was when my boat in life got rocked, (which it [...]
With summer comes travel and with travel can come some serious problems with eating in healthy ways. You may have found your groove eating at home. Maybe you’ve even found certain restaurants where you’ve figured out what to order. But once you hit the road, these healthy patterns get a bit lost on translation. [...]
