We are in the midst of a summer worship series called: The Souls Slow Ripening: 12 Celtic Spiritual Practices for Seeking the Sacred, by Christine Valters Paintner. Today we encounter The Practice of Learning by Heart When was the last time you had to memorize something? Your driving test? The periodic table for chemistry? Verb […]

We are in the midst of a summer worship series called: The Souls Slow Ripening: 12 Celtic Spiritual Practices for Seeking the Sacred, by Christine Valters Paintner. The Practice of Soul Friendship.  Some people might call the relationship between David & Jonathan; Ruth & Naomi – soul friends. John O’Donohue – an Irish poet, philosopher, […]

We are in the midst of a summer worship series called: The Souls Slow Ripening: 12 Celtic Spiritual Practices for Seeking the Sacred, by Christine Valters Paintner.  In Ch. 4 she writes: “One of the beautiful practices of the Celtic tradition is blessing the world, blessing each and every encounter and experience, even and especially […]