Hidden Depths

There is a vast plain below you. There, on the meadow, threaded with waving grasses and Queen Anne’s Lace, is a castle. While it looks sturdy enough, it is not a fortress.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleMarch 1, 2022Lent, Lent Incarnate, What Holy Mystery, Incarnational StudyComment

Benediction

We have reached the culmination of our liturgy. We began with a Welcome and Greeting.

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleFebruary 23, 2022Liturgy for the Mundane, Ordinary Time, Theme XXXVIIComment

Word and Table

The blue flame of our gas range burns steadily under the pot. It has cooked gently all night getting ready for tonight.

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleFebruary 15, 2022Liturgy for the Mundane, Ordinary Time, Theme XXXVIIComment

Doxology

Praise God from whom all blessings flow

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleFebruary 8, 2022Liturgy for the Mundane, Ordinary Time, Theme XXXVIIComment

Passing the Peace

Do you want to know something disappointing? My children bicker. I get snappish. My dogs bark at nothing.

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleFebruary 1, 2022Liturgy for the Mundane, Ordinary Time, Theme XXXVIIComment

Confession

Merciful God, we confess that we have lost interest in the daily landscape of our lives. You have painted the sky with vermillion sunsets, and we have not bothered to look up.

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleJanuary 25, 2022Liturgy for the Mundane, Ordinary Time, Theme XXXVIIComment

Opening Prayer

I share a home office with my husband. He has a desk in a dark cherry stain that has a glass top and matching credenzas.

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleJanuary 19, 2022Liturgy for the Mundane, Ordinary Time, Theme XXXVIIComment

Welcome and Greeting

What is something you do every day without thinking?

Laundry? Dishes? Brushing your teeth?

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleJanuary 11, 2022Liturgy for the Mundane, Ordinary Time, Theme XXXVIIComment

Arriving at Ephiphany

I love Advent. I am a Christmas Eve girl to my toes. Everything remains to be determined. On Christmas Eve, there is still something to look forward to.

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleJanuary 4, 2022Advent Incarnate, Advent, Incarnational Study, I AM Who(?) I AM, Theme XXXVIComment

Zentry

For those of you who can recall my earlier observations of our family dog pack, you may recall that between the one dog in our home and the dogs of our grown children, we had six dogs in our collective pack.

Devotional, Wisdom for the Way, Inter-ThemeDenise CraneDecember 29, 2021Theme XXXVI, Zentry, Veritas CanisComment

Answering

Hush! The darkness beckons. Those of us living in the northern hemisphere hang in a moment of stillness. The night of the year is upon us.

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleDecember 22, 2021Advent Incarnate, Advent, Incarnational Study, I AM Who(?) I AM, Theme XXXVIComment

The Advent of a Name

What can be said about curiosity? In my lifetime it has been the golden child of emotions. Living her spangled life in contrast to drab “boredom.”

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleDecember 15, 2021Advent Incarnate, Advent, Incarnational Study, I AM Who(?) I AM, Theme XXXVIComment

Named

And just like that the mystery is dispelled. The question is replaced by an answer.

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleDecember 8, 2021Advent Incarnate, Advent, Incarnational Study, I AM Who(?) I AM, Theme XXXVIComment

The Other

Advent has arrived once more. It is a return to the beginning.

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleDecember 1, 2021Advent Incarnate, Advent, Incarnational Study, I AM Who(?) I AM, Theme XXXVIComment

Bounded by Support

Every year around this time, we devote an issue of Wisdom for the Way to a request that you consider including the Missional Wisdom Foundation in your charitable giving.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalLarry DugginsNovember 24, 2021Theme XXXV, Bound Together, community, Dispersed CommunityComment

Bounded by Community

Community is at the heart of who the Missional Wisdom Foundation is.

Bounded by Practice

Belief is hard. In my life as an adult seeking to live spiritually, I have found that defining what I believe to be frustrating, circular, and changeable.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleNovember 10, 2021Theme XXXV, Bound Together, pilgrimage, Spiritual practiceComment

Bounded by Study

One of the most nourishing parts of my work with the Missional Wisdom Foundation is the development of and my participation in the Incarnational Study Series.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleNovember 3, 2021Theme XXXV, Bound Together, Incarnational Study, Advent Incarnate, adventComment

Bounded by Prayer

Where are you this morning? Chances are, you are not sitting at my breakfast table with me. We have not shared a steaming mug of English Breakfast tea.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleOctober 27, 2021Theme XXXV, Bound TogetherComment

Excellent

Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, I was an undergraduate sitting in a film studies class. I took the class because it fit my schedule, not because I was interested in film.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleOctober 20, 2021Encircled by Love, Incarnational Study, Simple Incarnate, Theme XXXIVComment