by Lane | Spiritual Disciplines, Spiritual Practices
The Wonder Overhead: A Murmuration of Starlings Just before dusk, if you listen closely to the wingbeats and low calls, you’ll hear a rustling murmur above you as thousands of starlings form an undulating cloud. Before they settle into their roost for the night,...
by Lane | Spiritual Disciplines, Spiritual Practices
I love lists on legal pads because they hold all the thoughts swirling in my head. If you stepped into my home office on this rainy afternoon, you’d find one lounging by my keyboard and mouse, another sitting askew on my analog calendar, and a third one poised to jump...
by Lane | Devotional, Spiritual Disciplines, Spiritual Practices
Before dawn, the alarm breaks the night’s silence. I roll over to shut it off, rising to turn on the bedside table lights as my feet stand on the cool wood floor. I make the bed before I leave the bedroom. I wander from room to room, opening curtains, blinds,...
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, Lent, Spiritual Disciplines
From Ash Wednesday to Holy Week, Lent invites us into a 40-day journey with Jesus through the wilderness to the Cross. We watch Jesus battle Satan as good and evil combat. We catch a glimpse of Satan who tries to lure Jesus, and how the enemy of our soul tries to lure...
