An unlikely pair of writers put courage in the foreground of their thinking about how to live a virtuous life. Maya Angelou memorably said, “Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.” C.S. Lewis made a...
TMC Program Staff Adam Mixon, Adam Borneman, and Beth Daniel speak with the Rev. Katie Nakamura Rengers (St. Elizabeth's Episcopal Church, Honolulu about her recent blog post for TMC, the Spirit's disrupting and surprising presence, and how she is finding God at work both inside...
Turn out the light Blow out the candle too Don't fear the night coming I'm right beside you Turn out the light Close your tired eyes Don't fear the night coming I'm right here by your side… … Diamonds in the mine got plenty to shine about I keep my diamonds down in the...
Annie Dillard died last week. We remembered her with appreciation, and we also learned with some surprise that a very different kind of writer, Eudora Welty, had been chosen by The New York Times to review Dillard’s Pilgrim at Tinker Creek when it first appeared...
TMC Program Staff Adam Borneman, Ryan Bonfiglio, and Jennifer Watley Maxell continue their conversation with Heather Brown about creating spaces of trust, cultivating good listening practices, and the balance between artfulness and authenticity. Episode Transcript....
"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, But fools despise wisdom and instruction.” Proverbs 1:7 In my prayers, I often find myself saying, “You are the only one worthy of worship, you are the only one worthy of praise, you are the only one worthy...
Last week we sat in silence with John Cage, listening to 4 minutes and 33 seconds of a pianist doing nothing, so the audience could hear everything. That cough two rows back. The radiator ticking. Somebody's stomach growling. Cage wasn't hiding from sound. He was...
TMC Program Staff Jennifer Watley Maxell, Ryan Bonfiglio, and Adam Borneman speak with Heather Brown about crafting spaces for storytelling, the importance and challenge of connecting our stories of faith with Jesus, and why genuine can be better than slick. Episode Transcript....
Ritual is woven into the life of faith. We gather, pray, proclaim, listen, share meals, tell sacred stories, serve our neighbors, and return to the practices that remind us who we are and to whom we belong. Yet ritual can be misunderstood. It may be dismissed...