Set Me Ablaze – Aug. 30, 2022
Touching the match to the kindling,it’s tempting to thinkI’m doing this simplyfor the heat and light,that it’s not an ancient ritualborne in my blood,that it’s not a desperate prayer:God set me ablaze. –Jan Richardson, In Wisdom’s Path, p. 5
Language to God – Aug. 29, 2022
“What I struggle with here is the language to God, language which engages me with God, opens me to God, and emerges out of my deepest self, I believe that when it comes to this sort of language, this language to God, we are all pilgrims.” –Jan Richardson, In Wisdom’s Path (Pilgrim Press, 2000), xiv
Embodying Jesus’ Social Order and Prophetic Way – Aug. 26, 2022
“We need a spirituality and practice that encompasses the full scope of our richly embodied Christian tradition and biblical theology, one that is holistic and strong enough not only to hold us up and help us cope as individuals in these difficult times, but also, by faith, to embody Jesus’ alternative social order and prophetic […]
Attuned to the Holy in the Flesh – Aug. 25, 2022
“The more attuned we become to the flesh God embraced and in which God dwells, exulting in its harmony, strength, and flexibility, learning how to bear its tensions and suffering gracefully, the more we glorify its Creator, the One who also chose to call it “home.” Being “spiritual” is not essentially a question of religious […]
