In recent years, I’ve adopted a mantra that most people may find strange and even alarming. Due to the potential reaction, I don’t tend to share it with others, because it’s easy to misconstrue without a thorough amount of explanation. Even then, I imagine that many will continue to worry about my psyche and, ifContinue reading “First Week of Advent: Horizon”
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Four Weeks Book Excerpt: Scent
Below is an excerpt from my book Four Weeks: Reflections for Advent. When I began seminary, I bought a pine forest-scented candle for my apartment. That summer I had discovered how watching a burning flame had the power to quiet my soul and help center my attention on my own thoughts. Candles have aided thousandsContinue reading “Four Weeks Book Excerpt: Scent”
Assembling a Squad
A few weeks ago, I helped facilitate a gathering of people in various stages of preparation to enter authorized ministry. (This was the same gathering during which I wondered if my hotel might be haunted.) One of my responsibilities was to moderate conversation among participants who were closer to the finish line. This was aContinue reading “Assembling a Squad”
Jeffrey A. Nelson 