Saying Goodbye, Part 2 Preparing ourselves for our deaths is the most important task of life, at least when we believe that death is not the total dissolution of our identity but the way to its fullest revelation…Jesus speaks about his death as being “lifted up.” Henri Nouwen[1] During the Sending Ceremony for the 2017 … Continue reading Saying Goodbye, Part 2
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Podcast of Saying Goodbye
Saying Goodbye
Saying Goodbye Jesus said to her, “Do not hold on to me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father.” John 20:17a It was August of 2017 and I was in a large convention hall in Albuquerque, NM, with about 500 other people. I had nearly finished my first, in-person week of study … Continue reading Saying Goodbye
Podcast of Before I Wake Up, Part 3
Before I Wake Up, Part 3
Before I Wake Up, Part 3 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal, but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven…for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew 6:19-21 One way to picture our journey to spiritual … Continue reading Before I Wake Up, Part 3
Podcast of Before I Wake Up, Part 2
Before I Wake Up, Part 2
Before I Wake Up, Part 2 When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became an adult, I put an end to childish ways. 1 Corinthians 13:11 A common way to name the stages of spiritual growth is cleaning up, growing … Continue reading Before I Wake Up, Part 2
Podcast of Before I Wake
Before I Wake
Before I Wake Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep; If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take. Childhood bedtime prayer In the bedtime prayer of my childhood, I prayed, “If I should die before I wake, I pray the … Continue reading Before I Wake
Rites of Passage, Part 2
Rites of Passage, Part 2 Then the Lord God said, “See, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever.” He drove out the man and at the east of the … Continue reading Rites of Passage, Part 2
Contemplating Grace 