Tag: One Breath At a Time

Jonathan Merritt On A Skeptic’s Guide to Christian Meditation

Jonathan Merritt On A Skeptic’s Guide to Christian Meditation

In his latest book, Learning to Speaking God from Scratch, best-selling author and religion writer Jonathan Merritt, discusses a chronic pain condition that left him “blurred” and “helpless like Job” (Merritt 96). In a recent post, Merritt adds that he sought out mindfulness meditation and yoga in order 

Three Easy Steps to Beginning and Sustaining a Christian Meditation Practice this New Year

Three Easy Steps to Beginning and Sustaining a Christian Meditation Practice this New Year

Come December, I find myself anxiously gripping the Church’s new liturgical year in vain; the harder I hold on, the quicker its meaning sifts through my clenched fists. Though I say I’m going to go deeper in my daily devotional practice, I won’t. Though I vow 

How to Get Your FREE Copy of One Breath at a Time, Chapter 1!

How to Get Your FREE Copy of One Breath at a Time, Chapter 1!

This year’s Wild Goose Festival did not disappoint. Enjoy the photos here.  Attendees got a FREE sneak-peek of my third book, One Breath at a Time: A Skeptic’s Guide to Christian Meditation.  Now, it’s your turn! We’re emailing out the first chapter, “Head Clutter: Reluctant Beginnings,” 

Come Breathe and Sabbath with Upper Room Books at the Wild Goose Festival

Come Breathe and Sabbath with Upper Room Books at the Wild Goose Festival

The annual Wild Goose Festival is less than one week away! Fred and I are delighted to join Upper Room Books authors Hannah Shanks, Whitney Simpson, and Kristen Vincent, as well as Acquisitions Editor Joanna Bradley for this year’s fun. If you’re headed to the festival for