One of these days I’m going to have a post about how much I love this series and how angry I am at being told it was the devil. But since I’m only 2 books in, I’ll wait. Maybe Satan shows up in book 3. In the meantime, here are some possibly demonic quotations that…
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Day 20 – Christians Who Are Afraid
I’m reading Harry Potter for the first time, finally, and of course, it’s amazing. And that fact has left me wondering just what exactly the point of being a Christian is. Because it seems to me that everything I was taught growing up in church was just a big exercise in isolationism. My faith…
Day 19 – Self-Care Sunday
Subscribe to a few cool newsletters and find inspiration in your inbox all week long! (You can even set up filters so they go directly into a separate folder, so it doesn’t overwhelm your inbox.) Some newsletters I subscribe to: Brain Pickings Weekly In the fourth of the book’s thirteen extraordinary essays, titled “Flight,” Solnit…
Day 18 – Songs for Saturday
Day 17 – Because They Are Hard
A little Photoshop fun with a couple pictures I took. Also, a reminder that I’m taking orders for November’s issue of Walking Brave! Click to find all posts in the series.
Day 16 – World Food Day
The needs of the world are too great, the suffering and pain too extensive, the lures of the world too seductive for us to begin to change the world, unless we are changed, unless conversion of life and morals becomes our pattern.” – William Willimon “{Cooking} connects us to nature: you’re working…
Day 15 – Links for Mindfulness
Two great websites: Mindful Elephant Journal A couple of articles: 7 Things Mindful People Do Differently and How To Get Started The intention of being more present in our lives is continuing to grow and touch an increasing amount of people. I have friends who I never would have imagined practicing mindfulness who now sit…
Day 14 – Beginning Mindfulness
It is supposed to be good for you, this sitting and staring at something for 5 minutes. Looking, studying, touching an object. Focusing only on the object. Training your mind to be present. And so I use the remote control, that neutral, boring object. You’re not supposed to let your mind wander, but I…
Day 13 – Owning Our Brokenness – Silver Linings Playbook
Day 12 – Self-Care Sunday
I listened to two NPR TED Radio Hour shows this week – From Curiousity to Discovery and The Source of Creativity. I love this program because it summarizes a few TED talks on a certain topic, and also interviews the speakers, so you get more than just a TED talk. These two programs were…