Sometimes it can be helpful to read one of my cultural traditions from another perspective. I’ve read most about the Sabbath recently from Jewish writers and evangelical Protestant theologians. But today my devotional brought me this query from Quakers in the southwest region of the United States: Have you taken a day of rest and restoration […]
The meditative routine
Chop wood. Carry water.” —Unknown Every time you start to feel a little anxious, just put your head down and get to work.” —Janelle Belgrave One of the things I find fascinating about work that I love is that my love and enjoyment doesn’t cancel out the tedium in the task. Editing can include painstaking attention […]
Using people, loving things
Love people, not things; use things, not people.” Last night I watched a short Argentinian animation called “El Empleo” or “The Employment” (2011). Directed by Santiago ‘Bou’ Grasso, the 6-minute no-dialogue short follows a man through the first few hours of his day. The saying about loving people rather than things and using things rather than people […]
Don’t let it happen to you
A few years ago, articles about a new book flew around social media. The book, The Top Five Regrets of the Dying compiled the most frequent regrets of people who were dying. Author Bronnie Ware shared the respondents’ reflections with readers in the spirit of “Don’t let it happen to you.” The five insights: I wish I’d had […]