[Every year I post my favorite reads from the previous year on New Year's Day. For those who don't know, I started a reading blog this year, which allowed me to expand my 'best of' efforts quite a bit! The post below was originally posted on my reading blog on January 1, 2023.] I’ve read … Continue reading Top Reads of 2022
As hard as it is to believe, 2022 was this blog’s fifth year. Thanks once again to all of you who have joined me here! As I like to do, I thought I’d take some time this week to look at the most popular posts from the past year, along with a few posts that … Continue reading Best of the Blog, 2022
This is my annual post encouraging readers to be intentional about ending the year, and starting the new one, as well as possible. Every year, I spend my morning quiet time in the days between Christmas and New Years treating the process of looking back at the year that was and ahead to the year … Continue reading Year-End Practices, New Year Planning
There’s a story I think of often that comes from a former priest of mine. At the start of his ministry, he had an opportunity to go to Greece and visit with a respected monastic elder on Mount Athos. After describing to the elder all that he had done and hoped and planned to do, … Continue reading The Gift of New Beginnings: A Reflection for Christmas Day 2022
The Christian faith is full of paradox and irony, and the Christmas story captures this better than any other. God becomes a human, the virgin becomes a mother, the King is born surrounded by livestock and attended to by shepherds, the Prince of Peace is hunted down by the authorities. But the irony that strikes … Continue reading From Darkness to Light: A Reflection for Christmas Eve 2022
Matthew Root 