Cucumbers

The year I planted cucumbers I had visions of sturdy vines and helping my grandchildren play “hide and seek” for cucumbers.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalDenise CraneJune 28, 2023Lessons from the Garden, Theme XLVIII, gardenComment

Plant Selection

In my planning for what to grow in our yard here in Texas, I have finally started to crack the code on what to consider.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalDenise CraneJune 27, 2023Lessons from the Garden, Theme XLVIII, gardenComment

Wanna Be

I am a “wanna be” gardener. I say that knowing that I have not turned my black thumb into a green thumb yet, but I am headed in a better direction.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalDenise CraneJune 20, 2023Lessons from the Garden, Theme XLVIII, gardenComment

Making a Connection

Some things seems impossible. Like getting a golden retriever’s hair out of the carpet of a mini van or explaining why.

The Flow of Love

What is the connection between grace, love, pilgrimage, and a tire sitting at the top of a slide?

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleMay 23, 2023Theme XLVII, Potential Grace, Pilgrimage, Grace, God is loveComment

Prevenient Love

Pilgrimage begins with preparation.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleMay 16, 2023Theme XLVII, Potential Grace, PilgrimageComment

What Doth Flow

I cry unto heaven, let thy will be done…and heaven answers, “Indeed.”

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleMay 9, 2023Theme XLVII, Potential Grace, Gun ViolenceComment

The Potential of Grace

The playground on the south side of the church where my children’s violin teacher rents a studio features a corkscrew slide and brightly painted used tires arranged on one end as an obstacle course.

Christ is Risen

As I write this, I am surrounded by miracles. Within and without.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalJim HunterApril 11, 2023The Samaritan's Friend, Lent, Lent Incarnate, Incarnational StudyComment

Good Friday

I stepped out of the psych ward and into the hall after visiting—we’ll call her Suzy. She was a preteen; a basketball playing, honest yet sneaky, beautiful, hilarious little girl.

When You Can Say Never

The names in the following haven’t been changed to protect the innocent. No one in the following is innocent.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalJim HunterMarch 21, 2023The Samaritan's Friend, Lent, Lent Incarnate, Incarnational Study, PilgrimageComment

The Look

What would your theology be in one, simple sentence?

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

Continually Restored

How does one live one by one? To see each car that passes, not as a soulless mechanized obstacle, but as a vehicle containing someone…

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleDecember 20, 2022Community as Creation, ThemeXLIV, Advent, Advent Incarnate, Incarnational StudyComment

Speaking Life

Fact: a paper bag used to bring home various comestibles is a grocery bag, sack, or, apparently, a poke. It is not a robot mask.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleDecember 13, 2022Advent, Advent Incarnate, Community as Creation, creativity, Theme XLIVComment

An Answered Call

Breakfast begins right after the dinner dishes are done. After the dishwasher is started, I set up my coffee to drip, automatically, at 7:25 am and mix together breakfast.

The Fast of Justice

In the beginning was the Word... In the beginning, God said let there be…What does it mean to create?