by Lane | Spiritual Practices, Writing
“You are here.” I like seeing those words on a physical map. It grounds me. I orient to the present moment. This is vital for if I don’t know where I am, it’s hard to know where I’m going. Once we know where we are, it’s easier to decipher next steps. Yet it’s...
by Lane | Devotional, Spiritual Disciplines, Spiritual Practices, Writing
I love God’s Word. Daily dips and long soaks in His Word invites me into new experiences of Who He is, who I am, and how I am invited to live with Him here and now. Rereading Philippians lately has been refreshing to my mind and heart, for Paul helps me...
by Lane | Poetry, Spiritual Practices, Writing
Try to remember the first time you heard a poem. If you could unearth the past, it’s likely you first heard poetry as an infant. Brief playful words probably appeared in your childhood, relics of communications laced with love. Perhaps your grandmother or your father,...
by Lane | Lent, Spiritual Disciplines, Spiritual Practices, Writing
I hear loud rambunctious thumping again. That crazy bird is at it again. Mr. Yellow-Rumped Warbler hops up and down, flapping his wings. Bright patches of yellow catch my eye while his black-and-white striped wings frantically move. He’s not ramming the window or...
by Lane | Advent, Writing
“Waiting is an art that our impatient age has forgotten. It wants to break open the ripe fruit when it has hardly finished planting the shoot.” -Dietrich Bonhoeffer For the one who creates, waiting may be the hardest space to occupy during the creative...
by Lane | Poetry, Writing
Imagination acts as a vital building block for any creative endeavor. Described as the ability to dream up an image of something not actually present, imagination inspires creative ideas, inventions, and ingeniousness. When I ponder what to create, my mind pulls up...
