My guest blogger today is Karla Petty, whose article, originally titled “One Fool’s Offering. What’s Yours?” was featured in The Coracle blog a few months ago. It touched me at a time when I was struggling with my spiritual direction and feeling pulled by too many people in too many directions. It is such a […]
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Do You Wish You Felt Closer To God?
Join me For the 2017 “Journey Within” writing retreat at Shrine Mont [Text from flyer below, since it’s hard to read online]: Connect with God through writing… For those who enjoy writing—whether fiction or nonfiction, journaling or note writing—putting pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) can be a powerful tool for strengthening your connection […]
Book Review: Miracles From Heaven by Christy Wilson Beam
Miracles from Heaven: A Little girl, Her Journey to Heaven, and Her Amazing Story of Healing by Christy Wilson Beam Reviewed by Elizabeth H. Cottrell 4 stars out of 5 I was approached by this book’s publicist to read and review it (with absolutely no compensation or pressure for a good review), and while I […]
Finding Encouragement Through Fellowship
Welcome to Cari Bousefield, my guest blogger today at Heartspoken. She reached out to me about guest posting, and after reading some of her writing and sensing the sincerity of her faith, I am honored to have her share some thoughts about the joys and benefits of fellowship in our Christian journey. You can read […]
Why Do Christians Have To Struggle?
Sermon I preached at Episcopal services in Beckford Parish, VA 8/18/13 The Day’s Gospel: Luke 12: 49-53 “I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and what stress I am under until it is completed! Do you think […]
Book Review: Indelible Ink: Christian Leaders Name The Books That Changed Their Lives
Update 2023 I’ve recently enjoyed going back to look at book reviews I wrote in the past to see if I might want to re-read any of the books. I can’t live long enough to read all the books I’d like to read, so I rarely re-read any, but I’ve enjoyed being reminded of the […]
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 […]
A Way Through the Wilderness…
Introducing Connection Messenger: The Very Rev. Alexander D. MacPhail Life does seem like a wilderness sometimes, doesn’t it? We’re blown by winds that are beyond our control. We’re scratched and bloody from making our way through thorny issues and prickly people. Sometimes we hear siren songs. Sometimes we hear banshees. When we’re genuinely seeking God, […]