by Shirin McArthur | Jan 27, 2019 | Christianity, Spiritual Life
My editing work is influencing my spiritual life again. I love it when that happens. I consider it a great honor to get to read what I edit—and to edit spiritual works so that often what I read is edifying, and sometimes challenging, for me. I value the experience,...
by Shirin McArthur | Feb 11, 2018 | Christianity, Nature and Seasons, Spiritual Life
I recently had an interesting conversation with my stepson. He lives in Massachusetts and uses a wood stove for supplemental winter heating. I’d shared with him a small article with a series of tips for using wood ash (for everything from silver polish to garden...
by Shirin McArthur | Feb 12, 2017 | Spiritual Life
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. Do you have big plans? Have you ordered the flowers, picked up the chocolates, made dinner reservations at a special restaurant? I have a proposal for you—in light of my blog post last week about refugees and immigrants. What...
by Shirin McArthur | Nov 23, 2014 | Christianity, Nature and Seasons, Spiritual Life
I’ve finally seen it—up close and personal (yes, that’s me standing under the tree!). After two years of hearing about “the big tree,” we finally went to it on one of our recent weekly hikes. As you can see, it certainly is a very tall, very wide, quite grand...