August 2013 – Page 5 – 300 words a day

A different kind of fast

We’ve been exploring the idea of fasting. Heather read the book 7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess, just before our family vacation. The ideas captured her imagination enough that she shared them with the rest of our family. So now we’re in the midst of practicing the exercises the author did with her family. I […]

On making the perfect spiritual retreat.

That’s what it’s called. Making a retreat. And I want to make it right. It’s the final project for a class I’m taking, “Spiritual Formation.” Actually, I’m auditing the class. I wouldn’t have to go on the retreat. But I need it. Personal Spiritual Retreat. The assignment is to spend one full day (at least […]