Practicing the Faith: Tools for your journey

Here’s a simple practice for you that carries the theme of this month’s sermon into your life. Make a list of all the people you can think of who have done good to you—who have helped you or blessed you, mentored you or sustained you—but who are probably not aware of that, who are probably oblivious to their influence on your life. Pray over that list. Thank each of those people, silently in your prayer time or journal writing. If you wish, choose one or two and tell them how they have been a blessing to you.

And don’t forget that you are no doubt, unknown to yourself, a blessing to someone else….maybe even this very day.

And bless you, and all of us, for getting through the cold dark season. It is a hard winter in most of the country, and for many of us, it takes a lot of energy just to keep our spirits from flagging. Bless you, and keep lighting candles.