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Attention, Please!

by Lane | Spiritual Disciplines, Spiritual Practices

Listen. Can you hear it? It’s been over 60 years since I last heard it, but as clear as the sound of winter waves that pound the shore, I can hear Grandpa’s steady, dub, dub, dub, dub, strong heartbeat. Listen. Can you hear it? It’s been decades since it creaked...

Notice Differently

by Lane | Spiritual Disciplines, Spiritual Practices

We walked in silence by the South Platte River, listening and watching for critters. It was a habit of ours whenever my husband and I explored that patch of earth in our Colorado days. Our Critter Count started, one way we noticed God’s presence. His creativity...

Savoring His Presence

by Lane | Spiritual Disciplines, Spiritual Practices

Attentiveness to God’s heart leads to attentiveness to my own heart. Attentiveness to my heart prepares me to be attentive to the heart of another. — Lane Arnold When it comes to my spiritual life, my deepest desire is to be with God, to imitate Jesus, and be in...

“Keep Your O” – The Christmas Antiphons

by Lane | Writing

The Advent tradition of the O Antiphons used in liturgical worship through prayer and song starts December 17 and continues through December 23. Each of the seven O Antiphons focuses on a prophetic title of Jesus. May this lead us to gaze afresh on Him. To consider...

Interrupted

by Lane | Advent

“The people who walk in darkness have seen a great light…” — Isaiah 9:1 Light interrupts the darkness. Raw places sting. They jab at us in a thousand stabs. Be it physical, emotional, intellectual, relational, or spiritual, when we suffer, the...