Abundantly With

Her snaggle teeth flashed in her grin as she rushed to the entrance of the school-turned-arts-center. She had her very own violin in it’s very own case.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleFebruary 7, 2023Liturgy for the Mundane, One By One, Spiritual Practice, Theme XLVComment

Ardent Participation

The risers jounced and rebounded under the pounding of a thousand jumping feet. The stadium air reached body temperature as the exhaled shouts formed a miasma of heat and sound.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleJanuary 24, 2023Liturgy for the Mundane, One By One, Spiritual Practice, Theme XLVComment

With One-by-one

Take a look around you. Just in your very immediate surroundings (three-foot radius with you at the center), how many things are there to keep you from being bored?

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleJanuary 17, 2023Liturgy for the Mundane, One By One, Spiritual Practice, Theme XLVComment

Rules for Life

live this life and do whatever is done, in a spirit of loving kindness.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleJanuary 10, 2023Liturgy for the Mundane, One By One, Spiritual Practice, ThemeXLV, Theme XLVComment

Benediction

We have reached the culmination of our liturgy. We began with a Welcome and Greeting.

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleFebruary 23, 2022Liturgy for the Mundane, Ordinary Time, Theme XXXVIIComment

Word and Table

The blue flame of our gas range burns steadily under the pot. It has cooked gently all night getting ready for tonight.

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleFebruary 15, 2022Liturgy for the Mundane, Ordinary Time, Theme XXXVIIComment

Doxology

Praise God from whom all blessings flow

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleFebruary 8, 2022Liturgy for the Mundane, Ordinary Time, Theme XXXVIIComment

Passing the Peace

Do you want to know something disappointing? My children bicker. I get snappish. My dogs bark at nothing.

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleFebruary 1, 2022Liturgy for the Mundane, Ordinary Time, Theme XXXVIIComment

Confession

Merciful God, we confess that we have lost interest in the daily landscape of our lives. You have painted the sky with vermillion sunsets, and we have not bothered to look up.

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleJanuary 25, 2022Liturgy for the Mundane, Ordinary Time, Theme XXXVIIComment