01/21/2022
It was such a delight to have so many of you join me for the gathering earlier this week where I talked about the spiritual practice of receiving a word for the year. It’s clear from the turnout, your energy, and your questions that many of you want to engage in this practice. To help you learn how to use your word, I’m planning to post periodically about how my word “grounded” is helping me experience God’s presence in new ways. A good example: this morning in my reading I came across this quote by Wendell Berry: “And the world cannot be discovered by a journey of miles, no matter how long, but only by a spiritual journey, a journey of one inch, very arduous and humbling and joyful, by which we arrive at the GROUND at our feet, and learn to be at home.” There’s my word. There’s my invitation to see God’s presence with me right where I am, in this very one inch of space where I sit, and feel at home - grounded - in God’s deep love. Where is your word showing up for you today?