Rummaging Through the Posts
Here are the ones I saved to share.
It’s been a while since I went rummaging through the saved posts to share some that seemed significant to me in one way or another. Take your pick, leave them a heart, and share it if you think it is as good as I do. Let’s dive right in…
Poetry
Bees Don’t Snore - a short and peaceful poem from Just Mud.
How to Catch a Meal by Heather Holland.
Spirituality
Seven Life-Changing Lessons From St. Augustine - Tim Wilson’s reminder that often wisdom is hard-won, and worth sharing.
Jim Martin’s Encouragement Note. Which post is worth your time? Every. Single. One.
The Voyager: A Meditation for Saint Brendan the Navigator by S.E. Reid. “On May 16th, the Celtic world observed the remarkable life of Saint Brendan the Navigator, one of Christendom’s strangest saints.”
The Love that Fills the Earth by Richard Myserscough. Richard’s reflections on Psalm 33.
Yes, in the hands of the God whose love, in all its kaleidoscopic brilliance, fills the whole earth. And if the earth is full of this love, if there are no boundaries it cannot cross, then we have great hope for those for whom we pray, great hope for the dispelling of darkness and the evacuating of evil from lives that are dear to us. And for all our own days, too. - Richard Myerscough
Culture
Sports Betting is the ‘New Oxycontin’ by Eric Spitznagel at The Free Press. I have some spiritually-led thoughts about this, but even without that, sports betting poses a great danger.
Spiritual Abuse Tactics in John’s Gospel by Aaron Hann. In places, painful to read. But we cannot look away from spiritual abuse.
Entertainment
I’m Confessing That I Love Doris Day by Ted Gioia.
“Doris Day doesn’t get much respect nowadays. But she rode taller in the saddle than John Wayne and got more fans shook up than Elvis Presley….Even more unusual, I want to convince you that Doris Day was an important and gifted jazz singer.”
Books
‘Lead Us Not Into Distraction’ by Joel J. Miller. In which Mr. Miller leads me to add yet another book to my To Be Read stack! “As Kreiner points out, monks thought a lot about concentration and focus because it was hard to come by—a complaint that feels remarkably modern. Whenever they concentrated on their prayers, voices interrupted to draw them away. Swap the occupation and most of us can probably relate.”
Health
My New and Improved Approach to Nutrition by Wade Hodges. “I’ve been at this long enough to know my current weight is only as maintainable as my current plan is sustainable.”
Heartwarmer
The Country Gentleman by Sean Dietrich. A perfect way to draw this collection of links to a close. Don’t miss it.
And in case you missed a couple of my latest posts…
He Walks Through Fields - a kind of micro-fiction story with some photographs I took in my back yard.
While We Wait - the latest sermon notes, audio, video from Forsythe Church of Christ.
Thanks for reading! If you liked this post, clicking on that heart helps. A share helps too. But mostly, thanks for checking out these links.
Thank you, John, most appreciated.