“Choose wonder over worry:” the title of a book that caught my eye this morning, January 1, 2022. Seems fitting as the theme for this new year. What are your thoughts about those words? Where do wonder and worry rank in your daily life? I hate to say it but worry tends to outrank wonder
This phrase came to me as I continued to reflect on translogical thinking. There is an implicit dualism in the portrayal of Narnia behind the wardrobe, separate from the children’s daily lives. And it is, I think, this dualism that keeps us only making believe rather than fully believing. Reading and reflecting on Gillen’s Believing
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“Love opened the door; hope kept it open; faith allowed me to walk through the door.” “To believe in God is…to make believing more than making believe.” These phrases, the first from Beloved’s Gift and the second, referenced in Unwrapping Beloved’s Gift, from Joseph Pintauro’s To Believe in God, echo the call I hear to
Hello all! I am slowly moving past my technological reticence. Who knew that there were that many steps (and passwords) to accessing and maintaining a blog?! First, I wanted to make a few introductory comments to set the stage for how I’m approaching this blog: I’m writing each post with the belief that as Peter
Welcome. My name is Isaura Barrera, author of Sustaining Heaven on Earth, Unwrapping Beloved’s Gift, Co-Creating Soul’s Song, Skilled Dialoguen, and Beloved’s Gift. I’m so happy to have you as a visitor to my blog about my books. This project is very special to me, and I hope to share some of that excitement with