Years ago I decided to test the alarm function on my new watch by setting it at 8:18 p.m. It worked. For a reason I no longer remember, I didn’t get around to turning off the alarm and it continued to go off at 8:18 every evening. I noticed it was interesting to see just…
Category: Soul Sculpting Projects
The Process of Ordinary Art: Soul Sculpting Project:
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….
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…
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