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I love seeing that you have this practice, Brian. I have my own, as well. Mine include music sometimes, depending on my mood, but usually it's silence and pen to paper, usually with a book of reflections at my side.

Lately I'm reading another by Henri Nouwen, one of my favorite spiritual writers, and I feel an intimate kinship with him, though he has long ago died. It's like he's sitting there with me as I read. Sometimes his words speak specifically into what I've been mulling over lately.

What I don't do is read or watch or listen to news. I can't do it anymore. I abandoned that practice almost 5 years ago, because it stole my peace.

I think that's why I always look forward to Advent every year - because it grounds me in the promise of hope and the reminder of redemption, especially when all is lost.

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