Renewed & Ready: Filling Your Soul For The Year Ahead – Week 5 Sabbath Rest “Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy. For six days you shall labor and do all your work. But the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work …”. – Exodus 20:8-10 If keeping…
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Renewed & Ready: Filling Your Soul For The Year Ahead – Week 4 True Friends A few days ago, I sat around a table at lunch with six colleagues of mine. We meet once a month to share life together. We laugh a lot, catch up on each other’s latest stories, and pray for one…
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Renewed & Ready: Filling Your Soul For The Year Ahead – Week 3 Paying Attention to Delight “Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.” –Philippians 4:8 NRSV…
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Renewed & Ready: Filling Your Soul For The Year Ahead – Week 2 Another Day of Gratitude “O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever.” – Psalm 107:1 NRSV Several months ago, a friend invited me to engage in a new practice. “Take a few moments each…
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Renewed & Ready: Filling You Soul for the Year Ahead | Week 1 Keep your eye on the healthy soul, scrutinize the straight life; there’s a future in strenuous wholeness. –Psalm 37:37-38 | The Message How is your soul? My favorite trout stream is in northern Michigan. It’s a small stream that isn’t as famous…
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I have a friend who likes to walk long distances so much so that he takes pilgrimage walks. Last month, he was in Germany walking for days with some friends he invited to join him. He came across a quote not long ago about walking, a quote that has stuck with me. When you walk…
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One of the favorite phrases we use on an Altar retreat is pause, look, listen and observe. Giving attention to what and who is around us is what makes life special, fills it with meaning, and helps us connect to the present moment. Thinking of mindfulness and attention, several vignettes come to mind: Relationships, with…
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There is one question that I get more than any other from family, friends, people from the church where I, Eric, pastored, or from other acquaintances who know my story of starting Altar Fly Fishing, “So, how is the fishing going?” At first, if I were being honest, I was a little put off by…
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Part 6 in the Series And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. –Colossians 3:17 If you think about it, life can be broken into a few major chunks of time: Of those three broad categories,…
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Part Five in the Series: What is your default speed or pace of life? Perhaps, like me, you have two speeds–on or off. You’re either doing or sleeping and your doing is at a pretty aggressive pace throughout the day. Perhaps your personality drives it, the achiever in you striving daily to see what you…
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