On Tuesday, July 31 from 6:30-8:30pm in the sanctuary at Restoration, I’ll be leading a mini-workshop on how to create a personal rule of life. A Rule of Life is a tool rooted in the monastic tradition and it used take inventory of all aspects of our life, to create intentional goals, and to measure […]
Deciding which Small Group to join? Perhaps this group is the one for you – Small Group #12 We will be reading Spiritual Classics, which looks at spiritual disciplines, such as meditation, prayer, study, solitude, service, confession, worship, etc. The book has excerpts from various classic Christian writers, including Simone Weil, Thomas More, Augustine, AW […]
Hey Restoration, I’m excited about a small that Cathy Guiles and I will be leading this trimester. Cathy has provided a description below, and I hope you’ll consider joining. We’d love to have you! – Clay “It’s impossible to be spiritually mature while remaining emotionally immature.” – from “Emotionally Healthy Spirituality” by Peter Scazzero Do […]
For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods. Psalm 95:3 On the way home from church, I told Helen that I had introduced the congregation to Sock Puppy. “Why?” She asked. I explained that the ‘fluff’ represented God’s Words. She interrupted and said, “Oh! Was the sock our heart?” I […]
Is anyone else overwhelmed by all of the awesome options for small groups this trimester? I feel like a kid in a candy store or better yet, an adult in the Apple store! I’m so excited to invite you to a wonderful new small group that’s focused on learning to hear God’s voice. We’ll be […]
I hope many of you are enjoying reading N.T. Wright’s book, After You Believe. This is the second year we’ve invited the whole congregation to join together in reading the same book during Lent. It’s been a rich experience. Restoration member Ardeth Hines has been eagerly working her way through the book. Here she offers […]
To be honest, we’d been talking about the capital campaign for some time before it really dawned on me: ‘Oh, right… This includes me, too.’ (Sometimes I’m not the quickest one in the room.) And then I started to get a little bit nervous. It wasn’t the idea of giving money that made me hesitant. […]
Did you know that Marymount University is a 4 minute drive from our church? One of the wonderful ways you can get involved in our community would be joining us in prayer walking around this beautiful campus on THIS Tuesday night at 5:30pm. Come alone, with a friend or with your whole family. All are […]
RSVP to the Invitation to a Holy Lent We’re two weeks into the Lenten season, a third of the way through to the “Allelulia” shouts of Easter morning. On Ash Wednesday our priests invited us to a Holy Lent. Did you RSVP? Are you finding a rhythm in your sacrifice? Have you forgotten or slipped […]
I am reminded again how potent the book of Proverbs is. I am using the format of the One Year Bible to read through the Scriptures. Every day I (try to) read a couple chapters of Old Testament, a chapter of New Testament, about ten verses of a Psalm, and sometimes only two verses of […]