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Trust the Slow Work of God.
We enter into this new year, armed with goals and resolutions. We found our word for the year and are motivated to see something new, do something new, have something new, be something new…
Dorothy Sayers, “Solo” by Stephen W. Smith, & Michelle Marie Sharp’s newest book…
Our lives can get full and the tensions can become heavy and tiring so what can help us rest, release and refresh? Jesus. He helps us by showing His way…
Word Shift: loneliness to aloneness
What I want to share is something I’ve come to appreciate with words.
It is called Word Shift. What takes place? A word shift happens when you take a familiar word, and notice its pattern of usage that holds you in some kind of stuck place, where life or thoughts become a little foggy or dim because the word has some trigger or effects you in some way that isn’t helpful. Sometimes the word has a feeling of resistance as well.
The offering is a Word Shift. This has been helpful for me—it brings in a newness, a light, a clearing of cloudiness…
Spiritual exercise: Lectio Divina
Lectio Divina offers a way of “attending to Scripture, which invites us into God’s presence to listen for His particular, loving word to me at this particular moment in time.” —by Adele Calhoun
This devotional reading was traditionally made up of five movements…