Much like 2020, I entered January 2021 hoping to read less than the year before. But, once again, circumstances both external (the ongoing pandemic) and internal (adding reading spiritual books to my sacred practices for the year, and audiobooks replacing podcasts as my primary listening material) conspired to have me read more. (In the immortal … Continue reading Top 14 Reads of 2021
2021 was the fourth year I’ve kept this blog, and what a year it's been! Thanks to all of you who have joined me here! As the year winds down, I thought I’d take a few minutes to share the most popular new posts from the past year, along with a few of the year’s … Continue reading Best of the Blog, 2021
Regular readers will know that I take my end of year very seriously. I treat my process of looking back at the year that was and ahead to the year that is approaching as a sacred practice and it turns into one of the richest times of my year. If you are interested in taking … Continue reading Year-End Practices (Reprise)
I started 2021 with a fair bit of trepidation. It was hard to know what to expect from the year since 2020 had disrupted so much we had so long taken for granted as a society. Steeling myself for what was shaping up to be another difficult year, my theme entering 2021 was “Into the … Continue reading A Year in the Wilderness: A Personal Reflection on 2021
[Below are the words I had planned on giving at my family's Zoom Christmas Eve service this year. As the pandemic took a significant turn for the worse in the days leading up to Christmas, I felt the need to offer a gentler reflection at that service. But, I thought I'd share these words here … Continue reading The Work of Christmas: A Reflection for Christmas 2021
Matthew Root 