Spiritual Practice – Page 7

Practicing Lent: Service and Justice

A Lenten Conversation on Spiritual Practices: This week, the distinction between service and justice, and the importance of both.

Liturgy for Lent: Introduction Pt. 2

Mike: As an Episcopalian, I grew up in a liturgical church. That is to say, I grew up going to services which were patterned on an ancient form of praying. I realized the difference one year in middle school, when my mom chose to sign me out of first period to attend an Ash WednesdayContinueContinue reading “Liturgy for Lent: Introduction Pt. 2”

Laying Fallow

Letting the ground lay fallow, unplanted, unyielding, is an ancient practice. Over the millennia we have of agricultural records, farmers have practiced some form of letting land rest, between rotating crops letting the soil just lay there for a time, fallow. In arid zones, this break allows more water to be stored in the earthContinueContinue reading “Laying Fallow”