Sculpting Project 22: Leaping Over Walls: Week 2 I was born optimistic, I developed pessimistic skills and by age 11 could be labeled a pessimist. Now I still have a strong tendency towards prudence which can become pessimistic, but I am again largely optimistic. How did I get here? I see two major contributors. 1….
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Sculpting Project 22: Leaping over Walls: Week 1
Sculpting Project 22: Leaping over Walls: Week 1 Welcome to Year 2 of Sculpting! Sculpting ourselves to Love God and neighbor I’m 11 years old sitting in a lawn chair in my backyard on a summer evening. As I explain my opinions I am told, “You are a pessimist.” “Hum,” I think, “Whatever that means,…
Sculpting Project 21: Drop It Again: Annual Review Week 2
Sculpting Project 21: Drop It Again: Annual Review Week 2 The power of review. Let’s take some time to revisit the second 20 weeks of Sculpting. Quick Project Summary Project 11: Read The Book: Create a tiny habit of briefly reading Scripture. Project 12: Posture Matters: Adjust your posture or use posture in prayer. Project…
Sculpting Project 21: Drop It Again: Annual Review Week 1
Sculpting Project 21: Drop It Again: Annual Review Week 1 I’m celebrating improvement. Not perfection, but improvement. A year of sculpting has reshaped me. These tiny, simple projects like water drops onto sandstone are remaking me drip by drip. 20 Sculpting Projects carving my life. Let’s take some time to remember and refine projects from…
Sculpting Project 20: Abba Isaac’s Formula: Week 2
Sculpting Project 20: Abba Isaac’s Formula Week 2 “Come in, welcome again.”Abba Issac offers us the Desert Father’s hospitality, food for our body as well as the soul. “ Have you followed my directions and called to God with the Psalm verse ‘O God, incline unto my aid; O Lord, make haste to help me.’…
Sculpting Project 20: Abba Isaac’s Formula: Week 1
Sculpting Project 20: Abba Isaac’s Formula: Week 1 We sit on the ground in a small cave-like room. Year: about 390 A.D. The Egyptian desert sun beats outside, bread and vegetables are spread out before us as we listen to Abba Isaac. “So, you are searching for continual awareness of God. I have a way…
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