– It Completes Me! Though I am a pastor, I tend not to read a lot of religious, theological or even spiritual books throughout the…
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Book Review: Rilke’s Book of Hours
– It Completes Me! This was a reread for me and one that I took on a silent retreat along with only two other books,…
Book Review: Watering the Soul
– It’s Okay I love poetry. If you have been following me even for a few weeks you probably already figured out I love poetry…
Book Review: Let There Be Light
– It’s Okay A title will often speak to me and particularly titles recommended by a friend and nothing will speak to this preacher’s heart…
The Ordering of Love by Madeleine L’Engle
– It’s Okay Poetry has the ability to transport a reader into the heart of the author, a situation or experience and Madeleine L’Engle in…
The Cup of Our Life by Joyce Rupp
If the daily practice of holding a steaming cup of coffee or tea appeals to you, this might be the spiritual guide book for you! …
Bibliophile on Retreat
TEN YEARS!!!! Somehow it has been ten years since I took my first silent retreat?!?!? I do not even know how that time has passed…
On Friends Becoming Authors
Let’s be clear… Emmy Kegler is my friend. Not an acquaintance. Not a woman I had a few classes with in seminary. Not one of…
Seasons of Silence
It’s not easy being Christian…or I imagine a person of faith in any religion. As Christians we are called into a deep and powerful relationship…
Meeting the Saints
Every year at my silent retreat I try to take at least one book by the well known(ish) saints and/or mystics of the Christian tradition. …