The Peace of Creation

Go for an early morning or evening walk.  Delight in the creation and “rest in the grace of the world.” “The Peace of Wild Things” by Wendell Berry

Farming as a Spiritual Discipline

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 [...]

Singing as a Spiritual Discipline

Where else in American culture do people sing together than in church?  This is a unique aspect of our way of being in the world.  Singing may well have preceded speech in human history by some accounts–singing is almost certainly our first language with God.  It is a fundamental practice of devotion. Today find a [...]

Go Bird Watching

Go bird watching, or bug watching, or learn to identify the plants in your yard–learn how to really pay attention to what has always been around you. Thanks to Phil Kenneson for reminding me of this important practice at the Ekklesia Project gathering this past week.