by Christine Sine I am getting ready for a busy travel season. On Friday Tom and I head to Canada for a week. In September I go to Cinncinati, October…
by Christine Sine A couple of months ago I was asked to contribute a post on writing rituals to the IVPress blog. As I reread what I wrote, I realized…
by Christine Sine Memory is tied to commitment or the lack thereof. We are often reminded in scripture of our penchant towards forgetfulness. This quote from Tony Petrotta’s Lenten article…
by Christine Sine When I walk the seashore, I meet in that one sacred space, both the immanent and the transcendent God. The ocean stretches out as far as my…
by Christine Sine A “true” or “canonical” icon is most often said to be “written,” for it is indeed theology written in the language of colour and form. Every line…
By Christine Valters Paintner Let mystery have its place in you; do not be always turning up your whole soil with the plowshare of self-examination, but leave a little fallow…
by Christine Sine I have a confession to make. Tom and I are addicted to Grand Designs, an intriguing British reality show in which each episode documents a unique home-build or…
by Christine Sine Last week I talked about Canadian thanksgiving and my usual practice of starting Advent a week early with a time of gratitude. This week I realized that…
by Christine Sine Last week at our Mustard Seed House community meeting we made lavender wands. We had perfect examples to follow, many of them beautiful images from Pinterest and…
