Dear ______: Sorry to let so much time lapse between letters. Thanks for your note, and I’m sorry that writing is proving to be such a struggle. You are in good company. If writing is part of what you do for a living then inner turmoil is probably another part. You can find a lot of professional […]
Interview with Chris Keating on the St. Louis Post-Dispach Blog
This week Chris Keating interviewed me on his blog on the St. Louis Post-Dispach website! He asked some great questions on the background and potential impact of my new book, Love Your Bible: Finding Your Way to the Presence of God with a 12th Century Monk. Here’s how it starts. Hope you’ll click through for the […]
One Key Step toward a Life of Gratitude
In 1656, English Puritan John Beadle published a book on keeping a journal as a spiritual discipline: The Journal or Diary of a Thankful Christian. To his knowledge and mine, his book was the first on the topic. Ever since, I suppose, Christians have fallen into two camps: Those who like to write in journals and those […]