Weavings

When I first read E. Glenn Hinson’s article “Elpisizing” in the current issue of Weavings, I read it as a call for individual action.  However, as I continued to read and ponder Hinson’s words, it struck me that I cannot do the work of elpisizing alone. “The business of listening others to an awareness of the Eternal Listener” (p. 22) must always... Keep Reading →

During some discussion of the steady decline in the number of people reading hard copy today, John Mogabgab recommended Nicholas Carr’s best seller The Shallows: What the Internet Is doing to Our Brains.  I may have been looking for an excuse for lapses in my attentiveness to God, but I came away from this important book with a serious query about the... Keep Reading →

I was never very good at carving out time for prayer in my daily life. I used to envision prayer as time set aside for God, time to sit quietly when my thoughts were not wrapped up in the chaos of my daily life, time when I could be quiet and articulate, and patient, as I spoke and listened for God’s voice.... Keep Reading →