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Spiritual Growth

Junkyard Management, Random Thoughts,

Deconstructing

A bit of advice for my friends deconstructing their faith.

The junkyard is where things are taken apart. There’s a reason people in the business called them auto dismantling centers! We earned our living by stripping cars of every valuable part, then selling the bits and pieces to our customers.

And what did our customers do once they bought those parts? They fixed their car. They made something better.

I admired our customers. They had a finished product. It ran well, or it looked good, or was more whole. They didn’t just strip something apart in a few moments of …

PathLight, Random Thoughts, Westmont,

Drifting from Prayer

My prayer life has drifted lately.  Meetings, travels, and all the other exercises of life have drawn me away from the times of reflection and quiet that our souls need.  What’s curious is that this happened without me even realizing it. My times of prayer continued, but my focus and energy had waned.  Nothing new about this. It’s called life, I suppose, and such drifting is the part of the cyclical nature of a spiritual walk.  But it’s still not what I want.

In the last week I have intentionally pushed the cycle toward prayer.  My friend and colleague Mark …