Doing what it does and being what it is for all these years, it has stood there. It was old when our grandparents were just born. It was old even before that.
Read moreSeldom Grow in Sanctity
Thomas à Kempis, in his classic “The Imitation of Christ,” has this interesting line: “Few are improved by sickness; so also they that go much on pilgrimage seldom grow in sanctity.” (Book 1, ch. 23)
Read moreSpiritual Ages and Stages
“Therefore let us move beyond the elementary teachings about Christ and be taken forward to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead to death, and of faith in God”
Hebrews 6:1 (NIV)
The central idea here seems to be that there are, if you will, “ages and stages” in the Christian life. There are elementary teachings, and then there is maturity. There’s a foundation, and there is what is built on the foundation.
Read moreWild Horses … or Ponies
Bonus blog post to share a short video of some wild ponies I encountered as I crossed the Black Mountains yesterday. They apparently roam freely up on the moors. I was walking that ridge for hours before I met any other people.
Read moreToo Rich and Not Enough Time
I’m sitting in the border village of Hay-on-Wye, Powys, Wales. It has over twenty bookshops, and is often described as a “town of books.” It is both the National Book Town of Wales and the site of the annual Hay Festival. The population is fewer than 2,000.
Read moreIt had to be yew
The village of K– was my immediate goal. To see an 800 year old yew tree in their churchyard. They’d mentioned it on their web page. That seemed important enough to go a ways off route.
Pathology: the Study of a Path 