I padded quietly through the house, trying to avoid running into invisible chairs or tripping over the cat. She has a talent for walking literally under my feet, moving exactly where I was going to next step. The coffee maker, on a timer, had started 15 minutes earlier and was sputtering through the last few…
Month: July 2021
Rest
Rest. We as a culture can barely define it. We’ve mostly prioritized the opposite of rest, glorifying the overworked, overscheduled, overcommitted, hyper-busy to the point where anyone with down time is caricatured as a lazy, irresponsible slacker who has likely forgotten a significant number of responsibilities. Hyperbole? Hopefully, but I fear it’s all too accurate…
A Contrast in the Psalms
As has been fairly well established over the course of the last 2 years, my reading tastes – and listening too, throwing podcasts and audiobooks into the mix – might be described as eclectic, varied, and broad. In feeding those tastes recently, I’ve been listening to some retellings of the Greek myths, and one feature…
Created to Draw Near
The concept of priests and priesthood probably strikes most Protestants as a little…..different. For those with closer ties to Catholicism, it may smack of tradition and ritual, of unintelligible and unknown church teachings. For those more well-versed in the Old Testament, it might bring to mind the image of sacrifices, blood, and altars, of inspections…