“This is the oddest thing you’ve tried,” Jane laughed. She was wrong of course. I’ve tried many odd things. I usually don’t talk about them. I had been telling her about the spiritual formation course I had taught. In it, I was able to assign people to keep a time log for five weeks. I […]

(This guest post is from my friend, Becky McCray).  June is wheat harvest time here in Oklahoma. It’s hot, in the 90s today. I’ve been out walking down a country road. I pulled a head of wheat from the edge of the field. The greener heads are a little softer, not quite ready to cut. […]

For the past six weeks, I’ve been teaching a grad class on spiritual formation. (One simple definition? “The process of being conformed to the image of Christ for the sake of others” from Robert Mulholland in Invitation to a Journey: A Road Map for Spiritual Formation.) One thing we did every week was to listen […]

First published August 27,  2013 “I feel like I’m in molasses,” I told my friend. “Are you okay?” he said. “Yes,” I said. “I’ll figure it out. ” “I feel like I’m in molasses,” I told another friend. He thought a bit. “There are seasons,” he said. “There are times when doing isn’t what you […]

On our daily walk, Nancy and I were talking about downsizing. A friend had told me about selling a house to gain flexibility for the future. Nancy and I started talking about what downsizing might look like. (Apart from the kind that comes from our daily walking.) We discussed getting rid of stuff, about learning […]