Day 40 – claim your treasure

I had gotten a little behind on my reading this week.  Rob and I have tried to read the chapters together in the mornings, but sometimes schedules (and forgetfulness) have gotten in the way.  As I was looking over the remaining chapters for the week, I was struck by an idea that I remembered from [...]

Day 24 – keeping priorities in line

I was immediately struck in today’s lesson with the question, “How do you know when something- especially money- is becoming an idol?” My tentative answer is, “When you often place that thing, or the pursuit of it, above God or one of His priorities.”  Being excellent in your work is admirable.  When you begin to [...]

Day 11

I have enjoyed the readings so far this week on prayer.  It is funny that the same truth seems to hold with prayer as with the other disciplines we talked about on Sunday—the more pure water you drink, the more you want to drink (and other, less healthful drinks may grow less attractive); the more [...]

Reading aloud

Linda and I have been reading aloud, usually in the a.m. at the table. It’s a good discipline, I think. Thanks, Tom, for making this possible. RR