I read recently about the human craving for connection in an excellent book about small group ministry. The authors pointed to niche support communities for diet and fitness as examples. While I agreed with the gist of their point, I’m concerned about their consistent use of the word connection. When they wrote of our … Continue reading Connection
Author: B.D. Locklear
Disciple of Jesus. Husband to Rachel. Father of five. Pastor. Committed to the liberal arts and the well examined life.
Placebo
Jean Piaget, the great child psychologist— or, as he preferred to call himself, “genetic epistemologist”— tells a wonderful story about two little boys. (He doesn’t say so, but I expect that they were his own children.) One night when the moon was full, the older, who was about four, led his younger brother into the … Continue reading Placebo
Crepes of Wrath
I recently read an account of a clinical professor of psychiatry trying to settle an argument between his teenage son and nine-year old daughter. Daniel Siegel, in his book Mindsight, gave the chapter the excellent title, Crepes of Wrath, since his children happened to be fighting over a crepe. By the end of the account, … Continue reading Crepes of Wrath
I cannot be busy and pray
I know it takes time to develop a life of prayer: set-aside, disciplined, deliberate time. It isn’t accomplished on the run, nor by offering prayers from a pulpit or at a hospital bedside. I know I can’t be busy and pray at the same time. I can be active and pray; I can work and … Continue reading I cannot be busy and pray
