try

My youngest daughter loves to make clothes. So far, she mostly repurposes (cuts up) her socks into doll skirts and crop tops.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleMarch 25, 2025Theme LX, create, Grace, Lent IncarnateComment

dance

Sweat poured from every face, especially the one framed by thick braids. Her fingers scrubbed and tripped over the banjo as her eyes beguiled the audience.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleMarch 25, 2025Theme LX, create, Grace, Lent IncarnateComment

begin

I work for Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC. Last fall Hurricane Helene hit our area, including our hospital, destroying everything near rivers, creek, and lakes.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleMarch 11, 2025Theme LX, create, Grace, Lent IncarnateComment

nothing

Last week there was a brush fire 1.7 miles from my house.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleMarch 4, 2025Theme LX, create, Grace, Lent IncarnateComment

To Dive In

In my dreams I can swim like a porpoise.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleMarch 26, 2024Lent Incarnate, Lent, Theme LIII, And You Shall Live, Incarnational StudyComment

To Love; To Suffer

What do you want? For dinner, for Christmas, to learn?

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleMarch 19, 2024Lent Incarnate, Lent, Theme LIII, And You Shall Live, Incarnational StudyComment

Through the Valley

What is salvation? Salvation means to be removed from harm

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleMarch 11, 2024Lent Incarnate, Lent, Theme LIII, And You Shall Live, Incarnational StudyComment

Inextricable

A single queen bee will not survive.

Tic Tac Toe

Tic Tac Toe is a stupid game, but it gets us.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleFebruary 27, 2024Lent Incarnate, Lent, Theme LIII, And You Shall Live, Incarnational StudyComment

Life Completely Lived

Suffering exists. God is love. Love precludes suffering.

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleFebruary 20, 2024Theme LIII, And You Shall Live, Incarnational Study, Lent, Lent IncarnateComment

In Three Dimensions

There is a lake on the high desert plateau of Oregon which flows from a spring into the bowl of a dead volcano.

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleFebruary 14, 2024Theme LIII, And You Shall Live, Incarnational Study, Lent, Lent IncarnateComment

Christ is Risen

As I write this, I am surrounded by miracles. Within and without.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalJim HunterApril 11, 2023The Samaritan's Friend, Lent, Lent Incarnate, Incarnational StudyComment

Good Friday

I stepped out of the psych ward and into the hall after visiting—we’ll call her Suzy. She was a preteen; a basketball playing, honest yet sneaky, beautiful, hilarious little girl.

We're Not Ducks at All

Our days on Iona were coming to a close. I had climbed Dun I. I had walked a good bit and had viewed the North Atlantic from every side of the isle. I had broken bread with pilgrims.

Jim HunterMarch 28, 2023Lent, Lent Incarnate, Jim Hunter, The Samaritan's Friend, Incarnational Study, Theme XLVIComment

When You Can Say Never

The names in the following haven’t been changed to protect the innocent. No one in the following is innocent.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalJim HunterMarch 21, 2023The Samaritan's Friend, Lent, Lent Incarnate, Incarnational Study, PilgrimageComment

Life of Prayer

The Lord’s Prayer, The Jesus Prayer, breath prayer, prompted prayer, extemporaneous prayer, be still and know…

Jim HunterMarch 14, 2023Lent, Lent Incarnate, The Samaritan's Friend, Incar, Theme XLVIComment

The Look

What would your theology be in one, simple sentence?

Have Mercy

In Luke, chapter 18, Jesus tells a story about two men praying in the synagogue. One is reminding himself, and God, that he is living the good life.

Jim HunterFebruary 28, 2023Theme XLVI, Lent Incarnate, The Samaritan's Friend, Pilgrimage, Incarnational StudyComment

Want to Come

The first chapter of The Samaritan’s Friend is my retelling of the marriage at Cana; the wedding recounted in John, chapter two, where the water gets turned into wine.

Missional Wisdom FoundationFebruary 21, 2023Theme XLVI, Lent Incarnate, The Samaritan's Friend, Pilgrimage, Incarnational StudyComment

The Pleasing Beloved

Above you the light looks green. Below you is bottomless black depth.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleApril 12, 2022Lent, Lent Incarnate, What Holy Mystery, Incarnational StudyComment