No one who was older than a few years will forget where they were and what they were doing when they first heard about the attacks at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the crash in a Pennsylvania field on September 11, 2001. Just reading or writing that date makes my heart squeeze […]
Faith (Connect with God)
Book Review: Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott
Book Review: Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott Just reading other reviews of this book took me on an emotional roller coaster–since I agreed with much of the praise as well as the criticism–so you can imagine what reading the book did. Anne Lamott is one of the most gifted writers I know […]
Mindfulness leads to Wisdom
Book Review of Jack Kornfield’s The Wise Heart You don’t have to be a Buddhist to love The Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology. In this truly wise book, clinical psychologist and Buddhist monk Jack Kornfield weaves together real-life stories with spiritual insights to show how to live with greater […]
Book Review: A Praying Life by Paul Miller
“Learning to pray doesn’t offer us a less busy life; it offers us a less busy heart. In the midst of outer busyness, we can develop an inner quiet.” ~ Paul Miller A Praying Life: Connecting with God in a Distracting World by Paul E. Miller Reviewed by Elizabeth H. Cottrell5 stars out of […]
When you want to give up…don’t
There are times in our lives when we’ve got to summon untapped reserves of strength, courage, and resolute endurance in the face of adversity. If we’re lucky, these times are few and far between, but sometimes we face a chronic or long-term situation–terminal illness or disability in ourselves or a loved one–in which these reserves […]
My attitude informs my actions…
Heartspoken is an attitude…a frame of mind…an inclination of the spirit. I’ve found that when I can be Heartspoken in the essential connections of my life…Connection with Self, Connection with Others (personal and professional), Connection with Nature, and Connection with God…these connections are nurtured, sweetened, and strengthened. It’s not always easy; it doesn’t always come […]
Book Review: The Pursuit Of God by A. W. Tozer
I read The Pursuit of God on my Kindle, and my 14 pages of highlights and notes are a testament to the fact that I found it highly interesting and helpful in my understanding of how to have a personal relationship with a living God. According to the book description, Tozer was so inspired that […]
Exercise yourself unto godliness
Let any man turn to God in earnest, let him begin to exercise himself unto godliness…and the results will exceed anything he may have hoped in his leaner and weaker days. A. W. Tozer, The Pursuit of God I don’t know about you, but I’m really bad about making things harder than they need to […]