This morning, I made time for meditation. The last month has been a whirlwind of new – juggling new responsibilities, new relationships, and new ways life has chosen to challenge me. My prayer and meditation life was challenged in a way that it hasn’t been in a long time. Last night, when talking to one … Continue reading
I just returned from the bookstore. And first, let me say, bookstores are some of my favorite places in the world. I know they are closing right and left. People are buying Kindles and Nooks, and eReaders all over the place. I don’t have any (although I spend almost all my time on my laptop … Continue reading
Ok, I have to make a confession – I am almost done with this book. I made it through this book in record time, maybe I was trying to make up for the fantastically slow pace with which I read and completed the last My52WOW Book Club pick – The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the … Continue reading
12/12/12 Note: Re-posting this in celebration of being given the opportunity to appear on The Regina Brett Show on WKSU in Cleveland. Miracles do happen! Months ago, this was the My52WOW Book Club pick, and now I get to speak to the author, who I think is just amazing. The show will air Saturday, December 15 at 3:00 … Continue reading
As this is the holy month of Ramadan for those who practice Islam, I thought it would be a good time to spend some time learning more about the religion. For those who know about My 52 Weeks of Worship – in the first 52 weeks, I visited several Muslim worship communities, but I have … Continue reading
Some books are simply delicious. You know the ones – you savor every word, you don’t want to put it down, you read slowly, and then re-read because you are enjoying it so much it makes you sad to think the book will ever end. That was my experience with the last My52WOW book selection, … Continue reading
So, in the past few weeks, my life has been delightfully consumed and blessed by the publication of the last My52WOW Book Club Pick – my book, My 52 Weeks of Worship: Lessons from a Global, Spiritual, Interfaith Journey. Just yesterday, I had the chance to share the My52WOW story with Steve Edwards on the … Continue reading
Suffice it to say that, over the past few days, life has provided me with some weighty challenges. I found myself last night realizing that I needed some beauty in my life – and so I reached into my inspiration library for a book that could remind me who I am and what I am … Continue reading
So, I finally finished Mere Christianity, by C. S. Lewis. It was dense, but I powered through! It was an interesting treatise on Christianity, and I am quite sure that in order to get all of the teachings from that book, I will need to read it again. I am ready for the next book, … Continue reading
To graduate from The Westminster Schools of Atlanta, my alma mater, students were required to take classes in the Old Testament and the New Testament. Westminster is a non-denominational Christian college preparatory school. I remember my New Testament course being “Tag-Taught” by two individuals, Dr. First Teacher, and Mr. Other Teacher (names changed of course, … Continue reading
