While reading Souvenirs of Solitude by Brennan Manning, I was reconnected with a mind and heart that I was introduced to years ago by Rich Mullins and the album A Liturgy, a Legacy, & a Ragamuffin Band. The book opens with a poem by Mother Teresa of Calcutta. The first lines read ?We need to… Continue reading Book Review: Souvenirs of Solitude
Tag: Christianity
Transcendent Causes
Last evening my wife and I started reading a new book; Instructing a Child’s Heart by Tedd and Margy Tripp. One of the first paragraphs stood out to me, it included the word transcendent, one that I’ve been thinking about the past months in connection to what drives and motivates us. Where do you take… Continue reading Transcendent Causes
Silence
In the beginning of the a book by Brennan Manning I read this: Silence We need to find God and He cannot be found in noise and restlessness.
Sufficient Grace
It?s been over a month since I last wrote. I was struggling with the idea of how to explain to a 3 year old death and dying of a cousin/playmate. It is not over, but I have been amazed at how it has been. My son doesn?t understand all there is about death and dying… Continue reading Sufficient Grace