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...
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...
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...
by Lane | Advent, Spiritual Disciplines, Spiritual Practices
Next Sunday is New Year’s, you know. What? You think that’s not quite true? You think I may have lost a marble or two or flipped the calendar one too many months? For a good portion of my life, I’ve routinely celebrated three New Year’s celebrations: January 1:...
by Lane | Spiritual Disciplines, Spiritual Practices
A plethora of muscle and tissue damage led to months of physical therapy a few years ago. Finally released from the grueling three-day-a-week PT schedule, my physical therapist grinned with such joy as she sent me on my way. Little did I know what was in that folder...
by Lane | Spiritual Disciplines, Spiritual Practices
I will give thanks to You, Lord, with all my heart… Psalm 9:1a (NIV) I I will I will give I will give thanks I will give thanks to I will give thanks to You I will give thanks to You, Lord I will give thanks to You, Lord, with I will give thanks to You, Lord,...
