I am reading Tim Ferriss’s The 4-Hour Work Week with absolute fascination, partly because Roy and I have independently stumbled upon and are practicing many of Ferriss’s ideas and principles. (I plan to review the book later.) Ferris discusses … [Continue reading]
“I Don’t” Lists Make Possible “I Do” Lists. You Must Revise Your Life.
Two fiery, uncompromising men—John the Baptist and Jesus-- invite us into the Kingdom of God, the Kingdom within us (Luke 17:21). And their message is remarkably similar:“Repent for the Kingdom of heaven is near. Make straight paths for the Lord,” … [Continue reading]
When the Word of God Can Transform Your Life, and, More, Save It
On holiday in Copenhagen, I learned in the fabulous Danish National Museum that Ice Age Hunters could walk from Jutland, Denmark to England. After the great deluge, (probably triggered by the melting of the North American glaciers) described in the … [Continue reading]
God Comes to Those Who Dare to be Different: Do Not Be Afraid
And when God chose to become flesh and dwell among us, the angel wisely prefaces his glorious announcement, “You have found favour with God,” with “Do not be afraid.” You, a “virgin,” will bear a child. Do not be afraid. Oh, the looming … [Continue reading]
2013 Hopes, Goals and Dreams
I. WRITING 1. Complete “I Lift up my Eyes to the Hills,” a memoir of an Indian Childhood Strategy—Start with 30 minutes on Jan 1st, increase time by 5 minutes a day until I am writing 1000 good words a day. (Should take 2-4 hours a day). Work … [Continue reading]
The Insistent Goodness of the Lord in the Land of the Living
A New Year, and I begin again to read through the Bible. I listened to it last year, on my iPod, as I walked, and loved hearing the themes and images swell, gain resonance, repeat, amplify. There are so many mythologies, so many sacred texts that … [Continue reading]
Opening a New Chapter, a New Year, Under the Eternal Eyes of the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End
I listened to the entire Bible on my iPhone this year—the NIV’s dramatized edition-- as I walked the country trails around Garsington, Oxfordshire. And the year dies spectacularly as one walks listening to Revelation—chilling, majestic, dramatic. … [Continue reading]
Most Read Posts in 2012 on Dreaming Beneath the Spires
1 When Christian celebrities fall, the proper response is mourning. I had an extraordinary experience this summer. I heard an Anglican charismatic vicar Mark Stibbe give THE BEST sermon I ever heard—which was, oddly, on writing. He prayed … [Continue reading]
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