Sculpting Project Five: Day of Kindness, Week 2

Sculpting Project Five: Day of Kindness Week 2 “Therefore, as God’s chosen people clothe yourself with . . . kindness. . .” Col. 3:12 “Love is . . . kind.” 1 Cor. 13:4 “ Be Kind . . . to one another . . .” Eph. 4:32 Question: Do we keep on doing sculpting projects…

Sculpting Project Five: Day of Kindness Week 1

Sculpting Project Five Day of Kindness Week 1 We haul water for our garden and animals. 25 Cents for 64 gallons. Today I found a nickel sitting on the ledge under the coin slot. This had never happened before. My thinker got going and kind action #1 happened. I took the nickel (which jams the…

Slow Bites Sculpting Project Four Week 2

Slow Bites Project 4 Week Two Imagine your favorite meal. What is on your plate? Pasta? Salmon? Sweet corn? Garden fresh tomatoes? Fruit salad? Sourdough bread? And what is for desert? Peach pie? Chocolate mousse? Now imagine that same favorite meal going into a blender and being poured in a bowl for your dining pleasure….

Sculpting Project Four: Slow Bites, Week 1

Fully ripe, it has a little ‘give’ when I squeeze it. The juice flows out as I slice it open. The perfect peach. I have eaten many over my years. But today is different. Today I will attempt a feat I’ve seldom done. I will attempt to eat this perfect peach being fully here and…

Sculpting Project Three: The Jesus Prayer, Week 2

Sculpting Group: Jesus Prayer Project Week Two Sculpting Notes: The Brain and Repeated Prayer: Repetition is like creating a rut in a muddy road. When the road dries the rut is still there and we easily steer into it. When we say something over and over we build a strong pathway in the brain. Like…

Sculpting Project Three: The Jesus Prayer, Week 1

Sculpting Group: Jesus Prayer Project Week Two The Third Sculpting project: The Jesus Prayer Week 1 Repetition leads to habit, habit leads to second nature. St. Isihios It was 18 below and 12:00 midnight when Evan drove me past the bank clock. Now I’m laying in the birthing room in the last phase of contractions….