Praying Like Music
by Kai Garmo Ward As Henri Nouwen wrote in his Geneses Diary: “People expect too much from speaking, too little from the silence,” I too find that my deepest prayer experiences are those without words. For me, music often instigates…
Prayer: Finding The Heart’s True Home (A Book Response)
by Glenn Loewen Jesus provides a welcoming invitation to our home, the heart of God. Foster states, “The key to this home, this heart of God, is prayer.” There are several important theological realities about this key identified in his…
November Maiden
by Shauna Bjorndahl The Wolf Willow Maiden is Naked Now… But – For a String of Pearls. She Waits for Her Lover to Cover Her Shoulders With His Glistening Blanket, Under Which She Will Rest For a Time. And when the…
My Life as a Prayer
by Donna Anderson There once was a wee little girl who was knit together in her mother’s womb by her Daddy God. When it came time to be born her mother fought to live. Both the mother and the wee…
Merton’s Place of Nowhere
by Katherine Kroeker In reading James Finley’s book, “Merton’s Palace of Nowhere” I encountered two new spiritual friends, Finley and Merton, both of whom seem happy to share what they have seen and learned as they surveyed this spiritual journey.…
May I Have This Dance?
by Karen Wallace For a period of time, I have struggled with the term “journey” as it relates to one’s spiritual life. As I sat with my discomfort, I began to uncover it was connected to my legalistic theological training.…
Hesitant Surrender
by George Klassen I’ll take salvation but I don’t like surrender Of my independence I’m a passionate defender On the bed of self-sufficiency I will rest in hope defined by me So I’ll take salvation but don’t ask surrender A…
He is Like Streams…
by Rod Janz Five days a week I (used to) work out in a gym. The gym is noisy, and according to my wife, who seems to have a superior sense of smell, it smells funny. On Saturdays I like…