A way to view one's spiritual life: a set of concentric circles. In the very center is our soul: our inner world, our dreams, the landscape of memory, the trap of personality. As we move away from the center, we find spiritual practices. Activities like meditation, centering, yoga (in the Westernized sense, not its original purpose). This might be where one could find astrology, divination, tarot reading. It's a world of symbols and signs. Further out from…
Each week, I'm going through a devotion in Devotions for Sacred Parenting by Gary Thomas. This devotion focused on how we may feel inadequate as parents or that we don't have "what it takes" to be a good parent. We all deal with self-doubt, especially in our capitalist society, which generally places our self-worth on what money, time, or skills on what we can contribute. Thomas encourages us to remember that God is sovereign and they* have…
I got the book Devotions for Sacred Parenting by Gary Thomas for my birthday (thanks, Ryan!). There are 52 devotions, so I plan to do one every Friday and write up a post of my reflections over the weekend. This week started off with these verses from Psalm 139: "Where can I go from your Spirit?Where can I flee from your presence?If I go up to the heavens, you are there:if I make my bed in my…