Anyone serving in a church, paid or unpaid, can identify with the strain Glenn Packiam shares in his recent post about the tension between busy church life and the contemplative life at rest in Jesus. In it he quotes Gregory (Bishop of Rome, b. 540), who wrote: “On every side I am tossed by the […]
Tag: contemplation
Resources for the Daily Offices
Check out these great resources for prayer and the practice of the daily offices/divine hours. […]
The Watches of the Night
Not too long ago, TED.com posted a talk by Jessa Gamble entitled “How to sleep”. The talk is only 4 minutes long and centers around the human body clock and sleep/waking cycles. Judging from the comments, it left many viewers intrigued but unsatisfied: How can we get more information about this? What is she suggesting […]
And here I thought I was just lazy
So it turns out that perhaps the reason I can no longer concentrate or think deeply is not because I’m preoccupied and undisciplined, but because I’ve googled my brain into oblivion (or maybe it’s a little of both). I recently heard an interesting interview on NPR with Nicholas Carr, author of The Shallows: What the […]