a blog of writing and wandering
If you were a student, or young monastic in fourth century Egypt, your classroom was more likely to be a desert than a library. Instead of regularly scheduled class times, you’d wait weeks, or even months, for a great teacher to emerge from silent contemplation and prayer, and say something wise, like “repent and pray!”.…
Continue reading ➞ Incline Our Hearts to Keep This Law (sermon)
You know how you remember movies—from your childhood, or perhaps other important moments in your life? Perhaps it’s your favorite childhood movie, or a movie from a date, or something you watched with a loved one. One of the movies that lives in my head from my own childhood is The Lion, The Witch, and…
In the fall of 2013, I took a travel-writing class, and as part of that class, went on my first walking pilgrimage. A bunch of unruly and excited young adults—IT majors and business majors and fashion majors—laced up our hiking books and grabbed our notebooks and boarded a plan to Madrid for spring break. We…
Continue reading ➞ happy are those whose hearts are set (sermon)
Merry Christmas to you, friends, wherever and however you're celebrating this year! I wanted to upload a few pictures of my baking triumph of the season, a gingerbread greenhouse a la the wisdom of Amy at Constellation Inspiration. Enjoy these photos, while I dream up next year's gingerbread challenge.
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