Month: January 2016

Rule of Life as map

Epiphany is a blast of light in the middle of darkness - a star - a way to find home in the darkness.  The way towards Easter.  And the Rule of Life is also a map of sorts - or better - a GPS reminder - constantly calling us back...

The Chapters in a Rule of Life

Designing the “chapters” of a Rule of Life (see blogs from Monday and Tuesday to get the background on the why and how of a Rule of Life.) A “chapter” of a Rule of Life may be as long as a few pages or as short as a few sentences. ...

What is a Rule of LIfe?

Meister Eckhart: “If you know God, you know that God’s primary activity is giving birth.” I love this wreath.  It implies a set of scales and I believe a Rule of life offers us the opportunity to partner with God in co-creativity- to daily weigh our lives and ask is...

Wreaths and Rules

As the feast of the Epiphany hovers before us - the liturgical version of America’s fourth of July fireworks - we have only a few days left in Christmas’ twelve days.  Many are back to work. Most of us are heavily fueled with caffeine and enthusiastically engaged in the kind...