The prophet Isaiah foretold about Jesus, the light of the world. In Isaiah 9:2 he writes, “The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned.” Hundreds of years later, Jesus was born and proclaimed: “I am the light of the world. …
Finding Love: Mary
[This is the devotional I wrote for the fourth week of Eastbrook Church's Advent 2018 devotional. Join in with the daily journey through Advent here.] “My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant. From now on all generations will …
Caravaggio, Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence
Getting a Spiritual Director [Working the Angles with Eugene Peterson, part 10]
There is a saying among physicians that the doctor who is his own doctor has a fool for a doctor. It means, as I understand it, that the care of the body is a complex business and requires cool, detached judgment....If those entrusted with the care of the body cannot be entrusted to look after …
Continue reading "Getting a Spiritual Director [Working the Angles with Eugene Peterson, part 10]"
Wendell Berry on the wisdom of simplicity
Here is Wendell Berry in The Hidden Wound (Boston: Houston Mifflin, 1970), pages 100-101: I am far from conceding anything to those who assume that the poor or anyone else can be improved by recourse to that carnival of waste and ostentation and greed known as "our high standard of living." As Thoreau so well knew, …
Continue reading "Wendell Berry on the wisdom of simplicity"
Matthew Erickson 