Choosing Pebbles
Recently, in one of those early morning moments between sleep and full wakefulness, an image came to me. I heard a preacher tell a brief parable. They said that most of us choose to carry one large rock around with us. We consider that rock to be our burden, our...
Sharing a Daily Bread Meditation on Elijah to Start the New Year
Happy New Year everyone! I pray that your Christmastide (or other holiday celebration) has been a blessing. Today I want to do something rare for me: repost a meditation I’ve written for another organization. Periodically, I get asked by my church, St. Philip’s in the...
We Simply Are
I recently heard the following question (I’ve already forgotten where) and it has stayed with me over the days since: Did you do anything to become alive? It’s an excellent question because it can stop so many of our internal messages about performance and measuring...
Contemplating the Difference between Rest and Stillness
As I noted two weeks ago, I’m pondering the theme of rest in this winter season. It’s ironic because winter here in the Sonoran Desert isn’t about stillness. It actually means an increase in activity on a number of levels. Tucson’s population swells in winter because...
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