January 18th, 2012 
Tristan Anyone serving in a church, paid or unpaid, can identify with the strain Glenn Packiam shares in his recent post about the tension between busy church life and the contemplative life. In it he quotes Gregory (Bishop of Rome, b. 540), who wrote: “On every side I am tossed by the waves of business, and [...]
September 26th, 2011 Tristan Welcome to the blog, friends from the 2011 Inner Journey spiritual disciplines retreat! What a great time. I loved spending a weekend in worship with you all. Below is the resource list I mentioned at the retreat for practicing prayer and the daily offices. Click on any title to view that book at Amazon. The [...]
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Tags: books, contemplation, daily offices, divine hours, Soul Care, spiritual disciplines 
March 31st, 2011 Tristan Thanks to Thomas à Kempis for this gem from The Imitation of Christ. It’s a perfect prayer for a Lenten evening. Grant me Your grace, O most merciful Jesus, that it may be with me, and work with me, and remain with me to the very end. Grant that I may always desire and will [...]
November 15th, 2010 Tristan Not too long ago, TED.com posted a talk by Jessa Gamble entitled “How to sleep”. The talk is only 4 minutes long and centers around the human body clock and sleep/waking cycles. Judging from the comments, it left many viewers intrigued but unsatisfied: How can we get more information about this? What is she suggesting [...]
Posted in Soul Care Tags: contemplation, daily offices, divine hours, Soul Care, spiritual disciplines 
September 20th, 2010 Tristan In photography and art, there is a concept called negative space. (Click any photo here to find its photographer on Flickr.) In each of these photographs, the negative space surrounding the subject “makes” the photo, revealing the beauty of the subject. What we might be tempted to call “emptiness” actually provides context and balance to [...]
