[serialposts] "This is the story of an unusual year, when I did something I never intended to do. But it is also a course in discovery and playing towards God, through spiritual practice, offered with gentle expectations." ~ L.L. Barkat Some of the best growth we can...
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god in the yard [group blogging project]
Some books are just done best in community. And I believe L.L. Barkat's God in the Yard: Spiritual practice for the rest of us is one of those books. It's practically a handbook for personal communion with God, and it calls for a response from the reader. That's why...
[epistle of james] chapter 5
[serialposts]Read James 5 (NASB, ESV, MSG) I’m watching a line form in the foyer. My belly is swollen 8 months large over our third child. It’s the annual church camping trip sign-ups. The line is getting long as I watch the early birds select their campsites. If you...
[epistle of james] chapter 4
[serialposts]Read James 4 (NASB, ESV, MSG) Like any good sermon, James starts out with a glowing introduction; terms like 'brothers,' 'dear brothers,' and 'dearly loved brothers,' dominate every line of thought for the first chapter. Further into the book, however,...
[epistle of james] chapter 3
[serialposts]Read James 3 (NASB, ESV, MSG) I open my Bible, the one with pages...
in the practice of stopping
Why didn't they stop? I wondered that years ago when my world crumbled like...
[epistle of james] chapter 2
[serialposts]Read James 2 (NASB, ESV, MSG) when i was kid growing up in the...
the aftermath
I observed Lent. All forty days of it. I know, I feel like I should take a bow...
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