Resolution
“Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve. “ ~Benjamin Franklin
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The Practice of the Presence of God: Learning to Pray Without Ceasing in a Distracted World
Brother Lawrence’s The Practice of the Presence of God teaches Christians how to pray without ceasing through steady, disciplined awareness of God in ordinary life. This essay explores distraction, constancy, grace, and the biblical call to abide in Christ in a fragmented modern world. Continue reading
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Occupied Territory: How Modern Distraction and Comfort Erode Intentional Spiritual Formation
Live No Lies exposes how formation happens quietly, not through force but familiarity. It reveals how lies shape desires, desires harden into habits, and good intentions lose ground through comfort and distraction. A sober, timely invitation to reclaim attention and resist erosion before it feels irreversible. Continue reading
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Returning to the Work: Rick Rubin’s The Creative Act
This essay reflects on returning to guitar and writing alongside a slow reading of The Creative Act. Read like a devotional, the book sharpened attention rather than productivity. It reminded me that creativity begins with awareness, patience, and discovering something quietly new inside familiar work over time daily. Continue reading
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Field Research: Year Bearing
This Field Note invites a quiet pause at the start of the year. Rather than setting goals, it encourages readers to name their current roles, choose a clear direction, and take one small step forward. Year Bearing begins not with ambition, but with orientation and attention. Continue reading
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Choosing a Bearing
This essay reframes resolutions as direction, not declarations. It invites readers to name their roles, choose a bearing, and make small course corrections through the year. By practicing agency and resolve through simple, repeatable actions, lasting change compounds quietly, shaping who we become by December rather than what we achieve. Continue reading
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Sunday Evening Collective ~ December 14th Edition
Advent Week Three turns toward joy that is quiet, durable, and near. Not cheer manufactured, but longing awakened. Through Lewis, Buechner, and song, this edition invites attentive waiting, shared beginnings, and embodied notice. Joy arrives as gift, woven into ordinary moments, pointing beyond itself toward grace, hope, and home, together. Continue reading
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Field Research: Peace in the Middle of the Street
Advent peace is not delicate. It is strength carried into noise. This week’s field research reminds us that peace is trained in quiet moments and tested in crowded ones. One breath, one pause, one act of gentleness becomes a steady center that holds while the world keeps rushing past. Continue reading
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Quote to Ponder ~ G.K. Chesterton
”The aim of life is appreciation.” ~ G.K. Chesterton Continue reading
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