Arise Blog
Compassion. Leadership. And Fiction.
Picking up these two books has been renewing, transforming, and a gentle challenge.
Two themes of yearning in my life for growth and greater awareness that I was really struggling with and praying into. Through these readings, I have found clarity, gracefulness, and deepening of trust in my calling and journey in faith.
If you are just curious, or struggling with leading, or burnout…
Guest feature
I thought nothing of this Pieta when I saw it in the Church of St. Giles off a busy side street in Prague.
I documented it anyway.
It was later in the evening after editing the shot and after going to bed that I awoke from a shallow sleep, haunted. This image was on my mind and under my skin. The agony depicted in this shot didn’t take immediately…
Day by Day
“Day by day” is a phrase you’ll often hear me say.
A friend recently asked me why I use it so often, especially when asked “How are you doing?”
I had an answer but it was a long one…
Spiritual exercise: Breath prayer
Is it sometimes difficult to know what words to pray? Have you ever felt like prayer is hard?
“Breathing is an unconscious thing. And breath prayer reminds us that just as we can’t live on one breath of air, we can’t live on one breath of God.”—by Adele Calhoun