A weekly curated collection of essays, poetry, and reflections for your spiritual journey. From The Wisdom Years.
Deborah: Order, Disorder, Reorder
This week in Toward Incarnation we fight the good fight with Deborah from the book of Judges.
Mayhem, murder, backsliding – how can God be found in this? Find the study here.
Gathered Wisdom is taking a two-week Christmas break. We will be back on January 4.
Wisdom of my Foremothers
In the form of letters to her ancestors, the Rev. Jennifer Bailey writes of the deeply-rooted hope she learned from her foremothers in her book To My Beloveds: Letters on Faith, Race, Loss, and Radical Hope. In an interview with Courtney Martin, Bailey says she needed to talk to the people she loves – living and not – for their wisdom, insight, and advice.
From The Examined Family.
While I Yet Live
The women of Gee’s Bend in rural Alabama pass on their values, their faith, and the beauty of grandmothers along with the importance of family through the quilts they have been making for generations.
From Daily Good.
Mary and Elizabeth as Spiritual Friends
In her reflection, Joanna Seibert explores the gift of spiritual friendship between these two brave women. When we seek to be connected to each other in Christ, it can be as joyful as singing the Magnificat, says Seibert.
To read also: Merton on Mary and Elizabeth.
More about Joanna Seibert.
Benevolent Detachment
Humans weren’t designed to carry the weight of the world in the palm of our hands. Yet we try, says Brian Morykon from Renovare. In his interview with author John Eldridge, we learn about benevolent detachment – loving the world but not trying to solve everyone’s problems.
From Renovare.
Night Life
In order to fully live out our callings, says Brother Keith Nelson of the Society of St. John the Evangelist, we – like Christ – must find some time to withdraw. “Without some empty space, there will be no room for God to abide.” Jesus points the way in this.
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