If you want to be a better listener, especially during one-on-one conversations, what I learned this week may be helpful. I heard Spiritual Director Dale Brooks speak on active listening, drawing from the wisdom of St. Benedict of Nursia (c.480-543 or 547). Part of the saint’s approach to monastic living divides each day into eight-hour…
If you haven’t noticed, it’s been a year for rocks. I am thinking of new Pluto photos, Volcano Uku in the Lava song/animation, and the other thumbs-up movie Mr. Holmes. Rocks remind me of Lydia and Pauline, two quiet spinsters from childhood, who lived unemployed with their families. Perhaps today we would label Lydia and Pauline…
Some very bright theologians and scientists gathered this week at Fuller Seminary in California to discuss if and how randomness can harmonize with divine providence. It got me thinking about coincidences that happened two years ago on a New England vacation. Here is the story: Our airplane to Boston was an hour and a half…