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,...
by Lane | Spiritual Disciplines, Spiritual Practices
All Saints’ Day In a week which holds All Hallows’ Eve and All Saints’ Day, it’s a good time to pause and reflect on those who have gone on before us. Whenever I come to this week of the year, I think of Hebrews 11. This “Saint’s Hall of Fame,” features...
by Lane | Spiritual Disciplines, Spiritual Practices, Writing
Pondering how to draw near to God today, I notice three themes show up regularly in our latest conversations. Breath prayer. Lectio Divina. Creativity. Lord, what are Your invitations for this day? Be still, daughter. Listen. I pause and I wonder. As one who...
by Lane | Spiritual Practices
Desperate. Shunned. Lonely. Long, long, long suffering. I vacillate between seeking healing one more time and believing that I shall never be healed. Why try? Why not try? Why try? Why not try? I’ve been dismissed. I’ve been given hope. I’ve grown sicker, not more...
