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pray harder

Daily writing prompt
What podcasts are you listening to?
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So, I am not a huge consumer of podcasts. I was in the past.

I recently listened to The Secrets We Keep: Pray Harder. I like cults, and this one is local. The podcast was somewhat one-sided and a little simplistic, but I really enjoyed it. I cannot expect all podcasts to be a theological exploration within a wider historical context. One thing that always interests me is the assumption of intent on the part of the leader. Anyway, interesting.

Also, as I have your attention, I am doing a podcast. (And, to be honest, doesn’t everyone.) I have a trailer for Season 1 in the feed. I am hoping to record on a Friday. Just random stuff!

religion?

Daily writing prompt
What was your favorite subject in school?
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The great thing about subjects at school is that they can be held at arm’s length. I can study and collect all the knowledge but not emotionally engage with it—a little like Mary’s Room.

At the end of my schooling, it was mathematics. I was hoping to be a math teacher. I even started a university degree. But that did not happen.

When I was just starting, my reports say I was very good at religion. (My mother reminded me on Sunday.) I am not sure what that means. Later, I found other things to “excite” me. Somehow, my life has come full circle.

I should add that I am “good” (relatively) at religion, theology, and philosophy. That does not mean I have it all together or am perfect. I am working on the lived experience every day.

silence

Daily writing prompt
What’s something you believe everyone should know.
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To sit in silence without needing outside stimulation or other people. It can be for 10 minutes or five during the day. Sit outside and enjoy the sun, or just listen to the rain. Without a goal, a product, or an end, simply sit in silence and be “me.”

online food shopping

What could you try for the first time?

I could try online grocery shopping—and I did yesterday! So, I do not need to leave The Anchorage (enclosure) at all this week. I have used an online store for books, but this is my first food order.

This week, I am aiming for solitude and silence—a new year, a new start. Perhaps that is what I am really trying for the first time: be a recluse without excuses.

3 things

Daily writing prompt
What’s something most people don’t know about you?
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I cannot swim, so I do not like wide open spaces of water.

I cannot fly, so I do not like heights or flying in an aeroplane.

I like speaking in public, even to large crowds. (I rather not speak with individuals – see next.)

I like to be alone to focus on what is important to me.

I cannot count.

being me

Daily writing prompt
What have you been working on?
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I have worked on a Four-Week Psalter for Morning and Evening Prayer, but that is not very interesting.

I always work on being “me.” But, to be honest, I think I’m losing the battle. I work at being completely transparent with and in God. What that means, I have no idea!

distance and love

Daily writing prompt
What makes a good neighbor?
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Distance! In a physical sense. Love in a spiritual.

I have no neighbours at the moment. One side is the church, and the other is a car park. There is lots of space!

But how am I a good neighbour to those in my life? I make choices that benefit them (or perhaps for their good). And I do that without asking or looking for anything in return. The starting point is not “the good” (an ideal I created) but the good in the other. I have a duty to love, and that duty is to the person, not to an idea. I try to live that with the people in my life. It is not easy and, at the moment, almost impossible.