We sometimes need rest, even from the work of spiritual disciplines. Athletes know that to get stronger and faster we have to have a balance of effort and rest, but does not the same happen for the spiritual life? Today, don’t try to do anything to achieve Christlikeness. Don’t read your bible, spend special time [...]
Power ties, expensive purses–we have many ways to dress to impress. In doing so we are making an effort at a certain kind of coercion. We are demanding that others look at us, that people see us in a certain way. This of course can take many forms. For some, dressing like someone straight from [...]
Mark Scandretti, in his wonderful book, Practicing the Way of Jesus introduces an exercise called Have2Give1. This exercise follows the teaching of Jesus in Luke 3:11 that for those who have two of something, they should share with the one who has none. Look through your belongings and find the things you have two of, [...]
We need practices that help us embody the kinds of virtues to which Christ calls us. Farming is one hands-on practice through which we can gain these virtues because farming calls us to recognize our limits and our most basic dependence on God. Today, be a farmer. You don’t have to have fifty acres or [...]
Monastics have a practice called statio that they use as a tool to be mindful and attentive in everything they do. Statio is simply stopping one thing before beginning another. In its negative formulation, this means no multitasking. Each task, each conversation, each dish washed is completed as a singular event. One key to practicing [...]
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