Posted in Church Year on Apr 12th, 2011
Some people have a gift for beauty. It seems that anything they touch turns lovely. They turn meals and rooms and anything else they make into works of art. I am not one of those people. I am not artsy or craftsy. I do not draw. Or sew. Or knit. Or decorate. Or anything. But [...]
Posted in Church Year, Spiritual Life on Apr 8th, 2011
Today’s post is by Susan Forshey, PhD candidate in Practical Theology at Boston University, contemporary contemplative, amateur photographer, and my dear friend. She writes here about the ancient practice of lectio divina, a way of prayerfully reading Scripture – or life. ***** Walking up the hill, I came to a corner cottage with a second [...]
Posted in Church Year, Gratitude on Apr 1st, 2011
My life is harder than it was two years ago. Mainly this is because I now have twice as many children. Also, my book (my baby) is out of print which means no publisher is going to take a risk on me, so my dreams of writing another book are just that – dreams. As [...]
I am a reader (I feel about books the way some people feel about chocolate: yum), a writer (I've written a book, even: The Circle of Seasons: Meeting God in the Church Year), and a mother (of four). So that's what I blog about: reading, writing, and raising my kids.
