I remember a morning sitting near Delicate Arch in Utah, attempting to capture it on paper with watercolor. A young teen girl walked by me and asked in wonder, “Are you a real artist?!” “Yes,” I said, “just like you.” – She smiled. I am under the opinion that all of us are real artists….
Category: Soul Sculpting Projects
High Time to Learn Something New: Soul Sculpting
It’s high time I learned some new languages. On a trail last month I met a man who could speak Raven. He was having an animated conversation with a raven who expressed an eager comeback for every statement this man made. The man did admit he had no clue what he was saying but the…
Prayer Projects to Deepen Our Connection with God: #6 Lectio Divina with the Book of Nature
Long ago in the year 253 an 18 year old named Anthony was sitting in church when the reader stood up and read the words of Jesus, “Go, sell all you have and give to the poor and come and follow me.” (Matt. 19:21) Anthony took the verse to heart, sold everything he had –…
Prayer Projects to Deepen Our Connection with God: #5 Slowing Time
When Anthony Bloom was a young priest an elderly woman in her 90’s came to him for advice. He suggested she seek advice with someone wiser, but she said she had asked many people with no success and that perhaps Bloom in his young ignorance would by chance blunder and say the right thing. So…
Prayer Projects to Deepen Our Connection with God: Project #4: Simple Liturgical Prayer
Years ago when my daughters were young, my husband Evan and I decided that we wanted to have a family service every day. This new habit sounded challenging, so we decided to keep it as simple as possible. We picked a time, a room in our home, and the easiest format we could find. It…
Prayer Projects to Deepen Our Connection with God: 3: Praying With Our Body
The guys would crowd around the upstairs window and look down in the courtyard to watch him while he prayed. His prayer time looked more like a work-out. This ‘athlete of Christ’ prayed with his whole body. He would throw his arms straight up and become an arrow shooting to God. Then he would sprawl…
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