Sacred Meditations

Disciplining the Ear: Why Do we Like Hearing Gossip?

Disciplining the Ear: Why Do we Like Hearing Go...

You’re at lunch with a friend. The conversation is warm, easy, full of laughter. Then your friend lowers her voice and says, “I probably shouldn’t tell you this, but...” and...

Disciplining the Ear: Why Do we Like Hearing Go...

You’re at lunch with a friend. The conversation is warm, easy, full of laughter. Then your friend lowers her voice and says, “I probably shouldn’t tell you this, but...” and...

Is there a Christian Culture?

Is there a Christian Culture?

Have you ever walked into a church in a foreign country? Maybe you were traveling and stumbled upon a Sunday service in a language you couldn’t speak. The hymns were...

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Is there a Christian Culture?

Have you ever walked into a church in a foreign country? Maybe you were traveling and stumbled upon a Sunday service in a language you couldn’t speak. The hymns were...

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The Dangerous Calm of an Uncontested Soul

The Dangerous Calm of an Uncontested Soul

Have you ever solved a problem only to feel strangely unsettled by the solution? Maybe you finally landed the job that was supposed to end all your stress, only to...

The Dangerous Calm of an Uncontested Soul

Have you ever solved a problem only to feel strangely unsettled by the solution? Maybe you finally landed the job that was supposed to end all your stress, only to...

The Weight of What We Own

The Weight of What We Own

Have you ever noticed how moving to a new house reveals something uncomfortable about you? You stand in the garage, surrounded by towers of cardboard boxes, and you realize that...

The Weight of What We Own

Have you ever noticed how moving to a new house reveals something uncomfortable about you? You stand in the garage, surrounded by towers of cardboard boxes, and you realize that...

The Vocation of the Saint-Maker

The Vocation of the Saint-Maker

Have you ever poured yourself into helping someone, only to watch them surpass you? Maybe you taught a younger colleague everything you knew, and then one day they received the...

The Vocation of the Saint-Maker

Have you ever poured yourself into helping someone, only to watch them surpass you? Maybe you taught a younger colleague everything you knew, and then one day they received the...

The Healing You Didn’t Know You Needed

The Healing You Didn’t Know You Needed

Have you ever gone to the doctor for a routine checkup, maybe a nagging pain in your knee or a cough that wouldn’t quit, only to discover something far more...

The Healing You Didn’t Know You Needed

Have you ever gone to the doctor for a routine checkup, maybe a nagging pain in your knee or a cough that wouldn’t quit, only to discover something far more...