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Take Off Your Vocabulary, for This is Sacred Ground
I’ve been exploring Christian mysticism lately. I’ve recently read several books by Richard Rohr and Cynthia Bourgeault. I’ve been listening to the podcast “Turning to the Mystics.” I’m currently reading The New Big Book of Christian Mysticism. I think my interest in the mystics started a few years ago when someone told me that I’m…
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Advent Light Day 21: Reflections
In my weekly newsletter on the intersection of faith and mental illness, Biblia Luna, I wrote this on December 3: “At Scholtes-Blog, I’m planning to do an Advent blogging challenge. I want to post something every day, where I saw a sign of God’s light that day. Advent starts today, December 3, and goes until…
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Advent Light Day 20: Mists and Muppets
Today, I decided to go for a drive, and when Googling and thinking about where to go, I discovered a road in New Jersey called “Shades of Death Road.” That was very attractive to me, so I got in my car and went for a drive. Shades of Death Road seems to have a lot…
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Advent Light Day 19: The Good Day
I had a really good day today. Everything just kind of came together. I had two great opportunities to catch up with old friends, and I got both of my sermons for Sunday put together. And then this evening, my family traveled to see the Belvin Family Christmas lights display. But that’s not the greatest…
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Advent Light Day 18: Holiness, Healing, Happy Accident
I attended a Ministerium breakfast meeting this morning. The Slate Belt Ministerium is a group of leaders, mostly clergy, from congregations all across the Slate Belt region. We get together monthly for support, fellowship, and to plan occasional events. This morning, one of the pastors shared a goal he’s been working on. He is attempting…
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Advent Light Day 17: Waters Rage and Kids on Stage
After all the rain that fell Sunday night into Monday, I thought perhaps the Delaware River would be high. So I got in my car this morning, and drove to a footbridge over the Delaware a few miles from my house. It was indeed high — not flooding, but very high and very fast. I…
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Advent Light Day 16: Clean, Seen, Zoom Screen
When I woke up this morning, it was pouring – it had been raining heavily all night. Getting the kids on the school bus this morning was an interesting challenge. By the time I left to go to the office, the rain had stopped. It drizzled on and off for the rest of the morning,…
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Advent Light Day 15: The Birds, the Blue, the Birthday
It’s now the third week of Advent, so this week I’m going to try to write about three things I see each day that show me a glimpse of God’s Advent light peeking through. This morning at church, a while before worship began, I was near the front door just chatting with some people. I…
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Advent Light Day 14: The Christmas City
One of my family’s Christmas traditions is an annual trip to the city of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, about a 40-minute drive from our home. As befits its name, Bethlehem identifies itself as the “Christmas City,” and at this time of year it pulls out all the stops to be a welcoming and fun destination. We’ve been…
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Advent Light Day 13: The Nap and the Opportunity
So, two places I glimpsed God’s Advent light today. Well, the first was kind of interesting. I have to give a little backstory here. Yesterday I met with my spiritual director. She did something unusual: she gave me homework! The homework was simple: every day, make the time to spend 3-5 minutes just resting in…
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