[Note: This June I'm revisiting my 2022 series on vocation. If I have any new thoughts to add, I'll poke my nose in at the end.] After what has been a long journey through general human and Christian vocations and the callings to maturity and individuation, we come at last to a discussion of the … Continue reading Called to Contribute [Revisited]
[Note: This June I'm revisiting an old series on vocation. If I have anything to add, I'll pop back in at the end.] So far, this series on vocation has focused exclusively on general vocation, the things we are all called to do and be in the world by virtue of our shared humanity. We’ve … Continue reading Called to Be Ourselves [Revisited]
[Note: This June, I'm revisiting my 2022 series on vocation. I'll return at the end of the post if there's anything I'd like to add.] In the last post in this series exploring different facets of vocation, we looked at the calling to be Christlike: that, if, through sin, humanity marred our original vocation to … Continue reading Called to Maturity [Revisited]
I’m often reminded of (and mention here!) that old The Onion cartoon about the Trinity downsizing, laying off the Holy Spirit because of a lack of clarity on its role. It’s funny because it’s sadly true. Many Christians have only the vaguest idea about what the Holy Spirit does. Last year, I wrote a whole … Continue reading Life in Many Colours: A Reflection for Pentecost 2025
Another week has flown by in this year that's just disappearing. (How was it that January felt like it lasted three months and the rest of it has just evaporated?!) But, in the interest of slowing down and looking around, it's time for another look at what's been lighting me up this week. It's been … Continue reading What’s Lighting Me Up (June 7, 2025)
Matthew Root 