… or perhaps I’m just settling into the “normalcy” of adulthood.
Ever since my silent retreat at Mowana last week, I’ve actually experienced some regularity in my sleeping habits. I’ve been in bed by 11:00 almost every night and up before 9:00 (actually before 8 most days) every day.
I feel like I have a lot to [...]
Archive for March, 2009
I’m Getting Old…
Posted in Lent, Life, tagged adulthood, Camp Mowana, god, Lent, Life, normal, sleep on March 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Silence
Posted in Faith, Lent, tagged Henri Nouwen, internet, Lent, mowana, prayer, Prayer Labyrinth, Silence, solitude, The Way of the Heart on March 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Things have been pretty quiet around here lately. Maybe it’s the fact that my Lenten journey has led me away from my internet presence, or perhaps it’s simply a lack of words to say. Whatever it is, I’m still alive.
I spent the first half of this week on a personal silent retreat among the pines [...]
Twouble with Twitters
Posted in Fun, Lent, tagged community, facebook, Lent, Twitter on March 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I find this little gem of a video brilliant. Espcially after being away from the twittersphere, AIM, and facebook for a few weeks now. Enjoy! (ty los)
Awareness and Humility
Posted in Faith, Lent, Life, Reflections, tagged awareness, Christ, Cleveland Clinic, compassion, humility, Lent, ministry, prayer on March 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
God has been challenging me this Lenten season in big ways. I journaled about this on March 2nd, but figured that it’s definitely blog-worthy:
I noticed a lady in the waiting room at the Cleveland Clinic today who seemed to be upset about something. I couldn’t tell for sure, but as I occasionally heard what sounded [...]
Some Excerpts
Posted in Faith, Lent, Life, Reflections, tagged anger, authenticity, breaking, brokenness, connection, failure, fear, freedom, frustration, healing, insecurity, journal, Lent, liturgical, loneliness, relationships, Satan, temptation on March 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been journaling a lot through this Lenten journey. What I have lacked in “blogging” I have certainly accounted for in pages upon pages of internal reflection during this time. I think it’s been healthy. Here’s a glimpse at where I’ve been so far:
Tomorrow, Ash Wednesday, marks the beginning of the liturgical season of Lent [...]
White as Snow
Posted in Reviews, music, tagged Coldplay, lyrics, music video, No Line on the Horizon, U2, White as Snow on March 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
There’s been lots of hubbub going around about U2’s new album, No Line on the Horizon. In the past I haven’t gotten too into the whole U2 thing (I think I might still prefer Coldplay), but after hearing all the positive feedback this new album was getting I decided to pick it up for myself [...]
I’ve Seen it All
Posted in Fun, youth ministry, tagged simply youth ministry, Video, you tube, youth ministry on March 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
After the day I had today, I needed this reminder:
The Need for Grace
Posted in Faith, Lent, youth ministry, tagged confirmation, grace, junior high, Lent, Matthew, need, Romans, seminary, sermon on the mount, sin, youth ministry on March 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Tonight in my Theology of Scripture in Ministry class, we spent some time digging into the Sermon on the Mount found in Matthew 5:1-8:1. As part of the study I ended up in a group handling the following case study:
You have been asked to assist in the preparation of 7th and 8th graders for their [...]
Learning from Liturgy
Posted in Faith, Lent, tagged article, Brandon O'Brien, Easter, Good Friday, Holy Week, learning, Lent, links, liturgy, reflection, relevant magazine on March 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was so excited last week when the new issue of Relevant Magazine arrived. It’s a good thing that they only publish bi-monthly, because it usually takes me about two months to get through all the quality content in each issue. This month as I browsed through the issue, there were a couple of articles [...]
[Re] Connect
Posted in Faith, Lent, Reflections, tagged authenticity, connection, facebook, Faith, family, Friends, god, isolation, Lent, loneliness, relationships, [Re] on March 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This Lenten season has already given me plenty of opportunities to [Re](insert verb here). It’s amazing what can happen when you begin to break the habits and cycles that have come to define your lifestyle, and whatever those habits may be (watching too much TV, investing too much money in expensive coffee beverages, over-indulging in [...]
