My Daily Office readings have me in the Book of Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) currently. This is a time I am appreciative of translations like the Common English Bible that help those not so common passages (to me) make more sense.
Tag Archives: Friendship
Friendship
The need of spiritual friendship
All I want you to do is two things: show up and shut up.
Thinking about thoughtfulness
For all of my love for things tactile, like real books and real pens, I’ve lost touch in this fast paced culture. I still get Christmas cards from people… and haven’t sent one out myself for years. Well, Christmas is past, but I want to start something up again in my life: I want toContinue reading “Thinking about thoughtfulness”
The Transitions of Life
My friend Dave is leaving me this week. It’s an emotional break up for me. 😉 Dave and I met when he was in the Army and Terri and I were moving back to my hometown in Kansas. As travels, careers, families tend to do, we lost contact for many years. A few years ago,Continue reading “The Transitions of Life”