“Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take.” I remember thinking as a child that this traditional bedtime prayer my mom prayed with me (until I was about seven) was creepy and awful. […]
Do you remember when you were a little kid and a loud, rumbling thunderstorm would come through in the middle of the night? The kind of storm that was so violent the house would shake when lightning struck. What did you do to calm yourself? Did you grab the covers and pull them tightly over […]
I was asked the other day in my book group if I had a daily spiritual practice and I had to pause to think. I had never really thought about my morning and evening prayers as a “practice” because they have become so habitual for me. And then I even wondered if what I do […]
How many of you as kids were punished with doing “chores” or housework? My mom’s favorite disciplinary tactic was dusting. If you ever saw my house you would know why this was a punishment indeed. My mom, at the height of her Amish country phase, had so many knickknacks sitting around collecting dust that she […]
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