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I was going to do a giveaway of God in the Yard: Spiritual Practice for the Rest of Us by L.L. Barkat , and then I saw that Kaye over at Mr...

I’ve reached Chapter 12 and the epilogue of God in the Yard: Spiritual Practice for the Rest of Us by L.L. Barkat . This last chapter is o...

I was doing fine reading God in the Yard: Spiritual Practice for the Rest of Us by L.L. Barkat . I even made it through the chapter where I...

My wife and I were talking the other night about some major decisions ahead of us, and I mused a bit about the career I’ve had for 37+ years...

“Writing poetry can lead us to intimacy and praise; it can also help us begin to listen to ourselves,” writes L.L. Barkat in God in the Yar...

“Sabbath is a weekly invitation to go nowhere, to believe that hiddenness is part of presence,” writes L.L. Barkat in God in the Yard: Spir...

It’s one of those commonplaces that you will be reading something, and a statement is made or an idea is expressed that suddenly illuminates...

In God in the Yard: Spiritual Practice for the Rest of Us , L.L. Barkat writes about the importance of lament. When I read this chapter (en...

It’s Week Five of reading L.L. Barkat’s God in the Yard: Spiritual Practice for the Rest of Us , and I find myself engaged in understanding...

L.L. Barkat doesn’t ask this exact question in God in the Yard: Spiritual Practice for the Rest of Us , but suggests something very much li...

I’ve been reading God in the Yard: Spiritual Practice for the Rest of Us by L.L. Barkat , and one of the suggested exercises is to spend up...

I’m continuing to follow, read and record from God the Yard: Spiritual Practice for the Rest of Us by L.L. Barkat . For me, it’s week 2: “R...

I’ve been reading God in the Yard: Spiritual Practice for the Rest of Us by L.L. Barkat , and actually started a journal to record what the...

My wife will tell you that I read a lot of books. (She’ll also tell you I spend too much time online, but that’s another story.) Some I get ...