As I mentioned the other day, in some ways this series that I’m calling “Soul Speech” circles back on the first ever series I did here, in which I spent a whole year undertaking different sacred practices. And one of the very firsts posts I wrote here was on today’s topic: journaling as a sacred … Continue reading Soul Speech: Journaling
Back in 2020 I wrote a series I called “Sanctified Imagination,” which was all about not just the acceptability of using the imagination in the life of faith, but the importance and even necessity of doing so. I felt so strongly about it that I reposted the series intact in 2023. As I wrote in … Continue reading Soul Speech: In Defense of Imagination
Alleluia! Christ is risen! I hope you all had a blessed Lent, impactful Holy Week, and beautiful Easter. My Lent was excellent, but between writing daily posts here, a busy time at work, and having the great medieval theologian St. Bonaventure as my Lenten companion, it was also very ‘heady’. And there’s nothing wrong with … Continue reading Soul Speech: Introduction
Believe it or not, today is the last Sunday of the calendar year. 2025 is coming to an end and it’s a natural time to reflect on where we’ve been and where we’re headed. But as today’s readings for the first Sunday of Christmas remind us, as we reflect, we would do well to do … Continue reading The Deeds of the LORD: A Reflection for the First Sunday of Christmas and Year-End Practices
Today is Ash Wednesday, whose ceremonies mark the start of Lent in Western Christianity. Most years my focus in these posts is on the rite itself, which carries a wealth of symbolism. So if you’d like a reflection on the imposition of ashes, please see here, here, and here. But this year, I’m going to … Continue reading Servants of God: A Reflection of Ash Wednesday 2025
Matthew Root 