Years ago when I first started training to be a worship leader, my mentor gave me a copy of this quote. One of his mentors gave it to him, and he’s had it posted on his wall in every office he’s had since. I don’t have an office, but I have it posted where I…
“Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter – when you see…
There’s this great book called “Caps For Sale!” by Esphyr Slobodkina, subtitled A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business. I would highly recommend it – I mean, for under $15.00 you get a great story, and someone to read it to you… It’s the story of a peddler who can’t sell…
today’s an Alexander day a day that’s full of wishes and all that i can think of now to rhyme is stupid: fishes?! so let’s abort the rhyming thing; revert to random thinking… it’s the kind of day when your pants don’t fit right when the coffee you really wanted you spilled down your…
So ages ago I posted this on hospitality and what I was learning about it from Lauren Winner’s book, Mudhouse Sabbath. (I’m still learning.) One of the things she talked about in that chapter was how she felt her apartment just wasn’t right for entertaining well – she had a picnic table in her study…
