Most of us are familiar with the command “Love thy neighbor.” It’s the contracted form of “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” found in both Matthew 19:19, 22:39, and Leviticus 19:18. For those who are not familiar with—or inclined towards—scripture, it is still easy to understand—and appreciate—this principle in terms of the nearly universalContinue reading “Setting the bar”
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Grace in the Parenting Storm
It was hard to ignore all the media swirling around the Time magazine cover on “attachment parenting” last week. The shot of the mother nursing a boy who appeared old enough to play t-ball was designed to stop us in our tracks—it did, good job with that—still, I found myself curiously unstirred about the issueContinue reading “Grace in the Parenting Storm”
Your Timing
Today, as we move into week 2 of Advent and ever deeper into winter, we have a prayer by Ted Loder from his book Guerillas of Grace: Grant me Your Sense of Timing O God of all seasons and senses, grant me your sense of timing to submit gracefully and rejoice quietly in the turnContinue reading “Your Timing”
Heather Choate Davis 