by Lane | Devotional, Spiritual Practices
How do we hold grief and loss amid a tragedy? The rage of a river, flash floods in Texas over the Fourth of July, unleashes a rage of questions, groans, and grief, doesn’t it? I remember a discussion once about reading the Bible and the culture & its news as a...
by Lane | Spiritual Disciplines, Writing
Play involves risk. Creativity embraces gambles. When we engage in the work of writing, we sometimes forget the fun of it, the way it can be a bit of recreation. The Surprising Joy of Constraint After my husband’s recent birthday supper celebration, our...
by Lane | Spiritual Disciplines, Spiritual Practices
What’s your quintessential image of summer? How does it involve play? Bare feet, jumping waves at the beach, wading in cool mountain streams, swimming from one end of the pool to the other end, and picnics in the backyard round out my summertime vision. It’s being...
by Lane | Devotional, Easter, Pentecost
Easter morning shouts, “Celebrate!” We greet one another with jubilant phrases: “Alleluia! Christ is risen!” “The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia!” After forty days of Lent, full of fasting and the ups and downs of Holy Week, we are more than ready to...
