My guest blog post is now up at
St. Lydia's Book Club. Melinda Johnson, who authors the blog, invited my guest appearance after an exchange initiated by my comment on her post "
Poets and Artists..." In my post I consider how art can be a vector for grace and how I regularly fail to appreciate the rich blessings I have. Here is an excerpt:
Christ told Martha, “One thing is needful.” If I took this to heart I
would arrange my whole life around this weekly judgment. I would live a
coherently Christian faith. I would order my thoughts, my actions, my
interactions with others so that I would prepare prayerfully and fully,
instead of distractedly and in haste. God, in His grace, grants me to
grow a little in this manner every week, every month, every year. The
Church is not only a spiritual hospital, it is also a school of
repentance. I am learning how to want and need that one thing: communion
with God.
I was humbled to be asked to contribute to this
excellent project in the first place, but feel even more so after receiving very kind comments on my post from much more accomplished bloggers. I hope if you visit St. Lydia's, you'll also take the time to check out the cool
Orthodox children's books at Jane Meyer's blog,
solid parenting advice at Molly Sabourin's blog, and a
very nice write-up on my post from Keith Massey, who is a language scholar, novelist, and novelty designer (I'm putting this mug on my wish list).
Please take the time to visit St. Lydia's Book Club, comment on my post, and check out Melinda's
Letters to St. Lydia.
