Abundantly

For the last several weeks, we have been taking a stroll through what it means to live rooted in grace when life throws difficult dialogue in our paths.

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleOctober 18, 2022Returning to Grace, Theme XLII, Rooted in Grace, Simple Incarnate, Incarnational StudyComment

Perhaps...Apparently

I have no favorite children, but I do have beloved words. Perhaps, apparently, generative, credulous, and meticulous are some of my favorites.

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleOctober 12, 2022Returning to Grace, Theme XLII, Rooted in Grace, Simple Incarnate, Incarnational StudyComment

Locked In

A solipsist is one who believes that theirs is the only real experience. All the other kids on the playground are fabricated by the solipsist’s mind to fill out the landscape.

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleOctober 4, 2022Returning to Grace, Theme XLII, Rooted in Grace, Simple Incarnate, Incarnational StudyComment

Who Told You

The story of the beginning of the Hebrew people is two-fold. First there is a sweeping poem about vast spinning chaos called into verdant life, beginning, not with the production of day, but with the restful, tucked-in-ness of night.

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleSeptember 27, 2022Returning to Grace, Theme XLII, Rooted in Grace, Simple Incarnate, Incarnational StudyComment

Sharing a Deep Thirst

Community is difficult. People hurt. Flying over the Continental US this summer, I thought about all the lives I was passing over.

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleSeptember 21, 2022Returning to Grace, Theme XLII, Rooted in Grace, Simple Incarnate, Incarnational StudyComment

Beginning the Song

I am sitting in an old auditorium. Stark white walls set the black-robed chairs in stark relief. The stage, which I am facing from a raised viewpoint in the back, is a darkened canvas, surrounded on three sides by a decorative frame.

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleSeptember 14, 2022Returning to Grace, Theme XLII, Rooted in Grace, Simple Incarnate, Incarnational StudyComment