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...
Pondering What Winter Gives, Even in the Desert
Two weeks ago, a friend and writer colleague, Kelsea Habecker, began a winter writing/posting project on Instagram with the hashtag #whatwintergives. Living in the Sonoran Desert, I find that winter gives some rain and relatively cooler temperatures (sometimes even...
Finance-Dominated Capitalism and Restful Christianity
Back during Advent, members of St. Philip’s Beloved in the Desert community shared some presentations on the theme of Rest (one of seven elements in the Episcopal Way of Love being pondered and practiced in churches across the country). One of those presentations...
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