The Grove Prompt: Friendship
A Chinese friend self-named for a World Cup player gaped at us. “How many friends do you have?” “Well,” we hemmed back, “they’re not all friends.”...
Kimberly Todd spent nine years in NW China where she absorbed the Chinese concept for laojia, identifying with the home of one’s ancestors. For the first time she lives in hers, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where her husband is a minister. She frequents libraries, parks and museums with her two sons. Kimberly contributes regularly at Velvet Ashes and at Master Teaching. She tweets and instagrams @kimberly_r_todd.
A Chinese friend self-named for a World Cup player gaped at us. “How many friends do you have?” “Well,” we hemmed back, “they’re not all friends.”...
I’m addicted to my tension. I squirrel it away in my shoulders and across the middle of my back like a twitchy little critter. The science shows that this is...
Hesed (also Chesed) is a robust Hebrew word. It’s often rendered in English as loving-kindness, but it takes many more words to edge near the mystery that it uncovers....
The nine-week season between Christmas and Lent in the Church year is called Epiphany. It begins with a celebration of the Epiphany on January 6, which is recognition of the...
I am super excited about the line-up this week. We’re debuting a new writer, loving book club, hosting a guest that we haven’t had in awhile, hearing from an editor...
If I could have only one chunk of the Holy Scriptures, it would be The Songs of Ascent - that lilting, transcendent collection of fifteen Psalms.[i] After years of returning...
Maybe your knee-jerk reaction to this theme is the obvious. Jesus, follow the wise men and the humble shepherds to seek Jesus. Maybe you’re underwhelmed with the obvious....
The Prayer of Examen is a practice first developed by St. Ignatius of Loyola. It’s a staple in monastic life, a potential piece of a “Rule of Life” given to...
So far this month we’ve talked Limits and Rhythms, and those two are so connected, aren’t they? When we yield to our limits, we get God, and learn to live...
The pressure is off. I was on vacation last week with my family. Before we left, a couple that I don’t know yet from our church brought us a...
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