Abundantly

For the last several weeks, we have been taking a stroll through what it means to live rooted in grace when life throws difficult dialogue in our paths.

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleOctober 18, 2022Returning to Grace, Theme XLII, Rooted in Grace, Simple Incarnate, Incarnational StudyComment

Perhaps...Apparently

I have no favorite children, but I do have beloved words. Perhaps, apparently, generative, credulous, and meticulous are some of my favorites.

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleOctober 12, 2022Returning to Grace, Theme XLII, Rooted in Grace, Simple Incarnate, Incarnational StudyComment

Locked In

A solipsist is one who believes that theirs is the only real experience. All the other kids on the playground are fabricated by the solipsist’s mind to fill out the landscape.

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleOctober 4, 2022Returning to Grace, Theme XLII, Rooted in Grace, Simple Incarnate, Incarnational StudyComment

Who Told You

The story of the beginning of the Hebrew people is two-fold. First there is a sweeping poem about vast spinning chaos called into verdant life, beginning, not with the production of day, but with the restful, tucked-in-ness of night.

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleSeptember 27, 2022Returning to Grace, Theme XLII, Rooted in Grace, Simple Incarnate, Incarnational StudyComment

Sharing a Deep Thirst

Community is difficult. People hurt. Flying over the Continental US this summer, I thought about all the lives I was passing over.

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleSeptember 21, 2022Returning to Grace, Theme XLII, Rooted in Grace, Simple Incarnate, Incarnational StudyComment

Beginning the Song

I am sitting in an old auditorium. Stark white walls set the black-robed chairs in stark relief. The stage, which I am facing from a raised viewpoint in the back, is a darkened canvas, surrounded on three sides by a decorative frame.

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleSeptember 14, 2022Returning to Grace, Theme XLII, Rooted in Grace, Simple Incarnate, Incarnational StudyComment

Bent and Broken

From my point of view the world has no horizon, a person is known by her feet, the road is a slow rolling river of dust.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleAugust 17, 2022ThemeXLI, Captured by Capturing, Scriptural Imagination, Lectionary, lectio devina Comments

Weeding

When I met her, she was sitting in a rocking chair on a front stoop just big enough for her chair, a pot of red geraniums, a mat that did not say welcome, and me.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleAugust 10, 2022ThemeXLI, Captured by Capturing, Scriptural Imagination, Lectionary, lectio devinaComment

Ready and Waiting

Here are the things I need to be ready: Boots that fit, Socks that give the boots a little room for error…

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleAugust 3, 2022ThemeXLI, Captured by Capturing, Scriptural Imagination, Lectionary, lectio devinaComment

Created in Song

Her hands speak. The skin is smooth, even at her age, polished by time and care.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleJuly 26, 2022ThemeXLI, Captured by Capturing, Scriptural Imagination, Lectionary, lectio devinaComment

Gathered Up

Empty. The chamber in front of me was as empty as anything ever has been.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleJuly 19, 2022ThemeXLI, Captured by Capturing, Scriptural ImaginationComment

A Deep River

She slumped, arms crossed under her forehead, leaning on the lip of the water vessel.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleJuly 12, 2022ThemeXLI, Captured by Capturing, Scriptural ImaginationComment

A Carol of Lament

The Coventry Carol is a song of lament both gentle and grotesque. The tune, The French Carol, is sad but soothing.

Wisdom for the Way, Inter-ThemeAndrea LingleJune 8, 2022children, Gun Violence, social justice, Credulous, Into a Reluctant SunriseComment

You Must Become Like a Child

Jesus sat on a largish boulder, grinding some chalky limestone into powder with another rock.

Wisdom for the Way, Inter-ThemeAndrea LingleJune 1, 2022children, Gun Violence, social justice, Credulous, Into a Reluctant Sunrise Comments

A Good Ending

Endings are important.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleMay 24, 2022On the Way with Teresa, Pilgrimage, Writing as a Spiritual Practice, Writing Practice, pilgrimage, ReturnComment

Dear Pilgrim

Dear Pilgrim,

You may not think that you deserve that title.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleMay 17, 2022On the Way with Teresa, Pilgrimage, Writing as a Spiritual Practice, Writing Practice, pilgrimage, JourneyComment

Commuting to Love

Journey is a word that carries intention. It would seem overblown to claim that you were going to journey to the grocery store or Target.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleMay 10, 2022On the Way with Teresa, Pilgrimage, Writing as a Spiritual Practice, Writing Practice, pilgrimage, JourneyComment

It Begins with Intention and Preparation

In 2020 and 2021 we engaged in two “socially distant” pilgrimages. While it is my great joy to be returning to Iona, Scotland, UK, this year with a new group of pilgrims, I am pretty enamored with our Wisdom for the Way pilgrimages.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleMay 4, 2022On the Way with Teresa, Pilgrimage, Writing as a Spiritual Practice, Writing Practice, Preparation, pilgrimageComment

Zentry Part 3

Many of us have had an experience with rescuing a dog.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalDenise CraneApril 27, 2022Zentry, Veritas Canis, Denise CraneComment

Zentry Part 2

It seems like a long time ago since I first wrote about Zentry.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalDenise CraneApril 20, 2022Zentry, Veritas Canis, Denise CraneComment