I’ve been thinking a lot about narrative again lately. Partly this is because I’ve been in a run of excellent novels. Partly it’s because of the ‘Fiction as a Sacred Text’ practice from last week. But also, particularly this week, a number of books, podcasts, and other media (particularly the truly remarkable Nanette) have in … Continue reading Owning Your Story (Or, the Best Date I’ve Ever Had)
I’m a great lover of books, and especially fiction. I’ve been in a particularly good run of interesting and thoughtful books lately, so, I was excited to see this week’s sacred practice come up on the schedule: to treat a piece of fiction as a sacred text. Background Like most people, I was first exposed … Continue reading Fiction as a Sacred Text
This week’s sacred practice is ancient and venerable, but less of a specific practice than it is a way of looking at the world through the eyes of faith. This week, I returned to my prayer corner and prayed with icons. BackgroundLike many artifacts of the Christian tradition — the Nicene Creed being a great … Continue reading Icons
This week’s practice is a little different from most. It isn’t an established practice or intervention. But rather, after having spent a couple months thinking through what an integral approach to Scripture reading might look like, I felt I needed to take these ideas for a few test drives. And since it had been a … Continue reading Sacred Practices: Integral Hermeneutic
[This is more or less the text of a sermon I gave on the fifth Sunday after Pentecost 2018.] One of the first things I did when I moved to Toronto was buy a membership to the AGO. I work just down the street from it and so sometimes on a frustrating workday, I’ll sneak … Continue reading Open eyes, Open hearts
Matthew Root 