At some point a random stranger is going to walk into our church. Will we be able to get past our own “stuff” to meet them as they are, and let them know we’re glad they’re there? Or we’ll bump into someone at the end of their rope, or on top of the world, and we’ll have a decision to make about whether and how to share a little bit of our day with them. Will we? Those are the questions behind my posts over the last two weeks—my invitation for you to practice noticing how you react to random people that you meet, and last week’s reflection on my own experiences and what you told me about … [Read more...] about Loving that Random Stranger
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Practicing Foolishness: An Invitation
I've been thinking for awhile about how to bring you into this blog. I have a plan, and this is your chance to take the next step into my brand of foolishness. You ready? Starting next week, once a month my blog post will be a reflection on a specific thing that I've invited us, collectively, to practice. (Read on, for this week's!) Many of these "foolishness prompts" will be drawn from my Fools' Manual. Sometimes they'll be something new that you'll see here, hot off the presses. So here's how it will work: I'll post a "practicing foolishness" activity, here and on my various pages … [Read more...] about Practicing Foolishness: An Invitation
The Difference Practice Makes
I thought I couldn’t swim. Not really swim, not the official way, with arms moving and face coming up out of the water to get breaths of air, all the way across the pool. I had lots of lessons as a girl, and I learned the basics of floating and enjoying the water, but I couldn’t ever master that breathing part. I thought I couldn’t do it. It turns out, I couldn’t do it without practice. I figured this out just now, several decades after I had given up. We recently joined a gym, and then I saw the sign-up for swimming lessons. “I’m not a beginner,” I said to the aquatics guy. “Will it … [Read more...] about The Difference Practice Makes