For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free. — Wendell Berry, The Peace of Wild Things. Followers of the Pew know how I search for a phrase or sentence that can start my mind to thinking or my whole body meditating. The phrase, “the grace of the world” is one of those…
Month: March 2021
Time For A Walk
They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze. — Genesis 3:8. Readers of the Pew know the above is one of my favorite images, and that in a sense Lent is a forty day walk with God. People walked a lot more in biblical days,…
Sadness
Every now and then I run across something that I think is perfect during Lent. Maria Popova in her blog, Brainpickings, reminds us that Rilke once described winter as “the season for the tending of the inner garden of the soul.” Lent is also such a season. She also talks about a wonderful book by Katherine May who…
Playing Shape
Long ago, college football players went home during the summer. Many of them worked during the summer to make spending money or help out their families, but no matter how difficult their summer jobs — construction, roofing, warehouse work, or farm hands — they lost their playing shape. They may have worked outside in the…
Forgive Someone
I’m not going to suggest how you do it, nor am I going to suggest when or who you forgive, only that during Lent you select at least one person to forgive. This is not a Lenten discipline, but it’s a good time. Make it a total forgiveness, no holding back, no need for the…