Weavings: A Journal of the Christian Spiritual Life
Articles 1000 to 2000 words, sermons and meditations 500 to 2000 words, stories (fiction or nonfiction) 750 to 2000 words, poems, prayers and liturgical pieces. Weavings is neither a popular devotional guide nor a technical scholarly journal. We are looking for material that has spiritual depth expressed in simple, even poetic, prose. We hope authors will show our readers the subject rather than simply describe or explain it. It is recommended that you order print
copies of the journal so as to become familiar with content style.
Theme: “Eldering” (May/June/July 2016 issue)
All Proposals Due – 03/31/15
“Listen to me. I will give you counsel, and God be with you!”—Exod. 18:19
This scripture is part of Jethro’s advice to his son-in-law, Moses, when Moses was taking on too much. Mentors give us needed perspective at crucial moments in our lives. Priest and author Richard Rohr says, “We live in a society with elderly people, but very few elders.” Eldering is the sacred bequest of compassionate accompaniment that we give to the generations behind us. How do we become elders and mirrors for the younger generation? What are the spiritual practices that shape us for this task, and how does compassion compel us?