What if the most important things to be done every day were to worship and to commune with God- and everything else had to be fit in around these times of devotion?
What would it mean to live in such a way that “life” is what happens between moments of prayer, instead of the other way around?
What if “life” was prayer?
What if you were a monk?
I had a chance to explore these questions recently when two friends and I took part in a retreat at the Trappist monastery of Mepkin Abbey in Monck’s Corner, South Carolina.
Our third Rural Ministry Colloquium of the year is now available for download on iTunes U.
This month’s speaker is Thriving Rural Communities director Rev. Jeremy Troxler, who shares his thoughts on how to cultivate humility.
The missions committee at the small rural church where I worship recently came up with the idea of serving Christ one Ziploc bag at a time.