by Guy Sayles | Oct 27, 2013 |
Though my children are now 31 and 29, I can still hear echoes in my mind and heart of one of the things they said to me over and over again: “Daddy, tell me a story.” Even at the end of a long day—sometimes especially at the end of a long day—there was nothing...
by Guy Sayles | Oct 17, 2013 |
“I would not give a fig for the simplicity this side of complexity, but I would give my life for the simplicity on the other side of complexity.” (Oliver Wendell Holmes) The other side of complexity is where we end-up after we have wrestled and...
by Guy Sayles | Oct 2, 2013 |
This summer, at a brief retreat along the Hudson River about an hour north of New York City, I rediscovered a forgotten prayer by Anselm of Canterbury, a 12th-Century guide to matters of the heart and spirit. The prayer begins: O my God, teach my heart where and...
by Guy Sayles | Sep 27, 2013 |
I believe that God’s will is about the kinds of people we are becoming. The choices and decision we make—about where to live and where to work, about our relationships and responsibilities, and about how to use time, money, and talent—matter most of all because...
by Guy Sayles | Sep 1, 2013 |
Sometimes I think procrastination rivals pride as the most serious sin. Every day, we forfeit small, ordinary, but significant opportunities to make to make a difference and to grow, because we’re waiting on a better and more convenient time. I’ll get to...
by Guy Sayles | Aug 20, 2013 |
I’ve lived in our east Asheville house longer than I have lived in any house in my entire life—including during my childhood. Before coming to Asheville, I lived in Huntington, West Virginia, in five different houses and communities in greater Atlanta, in...
by Guy Sayles | Aug 8, 2013 |
Faith is a journey. Movement and mystery are always a part of it, and real faith won’t let us settle-down into the status quo or become comfortable with staying the same or reconcile ourselves to being stuck. Faith is about adventure, discovery, and risk;...
by Guy Sayles | Jul 9, 2013 |
In his Letter to the Galatians, the Apostle Paul recognizes an important paradox. On the one hand, he says: “Bear one another’s burdens.” On the other hand: “All must carry their own loads.” There are some problems and challenges in life that we’ll never...
by Guy Sayles | Jul 3, 2013 |
Since work is a partnership with God, it isn’t limited to our careers or our jobs. Our life’s work is greater and more enduring than the positions we hold and the titles we have. It includes all the ways we express our partnership with God—all the ways we make a...
by Guy Sayles | Jun 29, 2013 |
Charlie Brown and Sally are standing at the bus stop. Cars are rushing past them, and Sally asks: “Who are all those people driving in those cars?” Charlie answers, “Those are people going to work.” Sally: “Work?” Charlie: “They used to wait for the school bus like...
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