{"id":877,"date":"2007-11-19T12:31:46","date_gmt":"2007-11-19T12:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jwalking\/2007\/11\/5-spiritual-things-to-do-durin.html"},"modified":"2007-11-19T12:31:46","modified_gmt":"2007-11-19T12:31:46","slug":"5-spiritual-things-to-do-durin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jwalking\/2007\/11\/5-spiritual-things-to-do-durin.html","title":{"rendered":"5 spiritual things to do during the TV strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After my time in LA I am more convinced than ever the writers strike is likely to be around for a while. Of course, given some of my past prognostications, it may be over by 2pm.  So, here are 5 suggestions for things to do during the strike to draw you closer to God (in no particular order). They are very, very simple.<br \/>\n1. <em>Take a sit-com length evening walk and look at the stars.<\/em> I am always amazed by what I see and what I feel when I look up. There is too much ambient light around to get a great look at the stars but I am changed when I look up and remember how vast it all is and how small I am and how much God bridges the two.<br \/>\n2. <em>Write a 30-minute letter to God.<\/em> I&#8217;ve found some of my most intimate times with God have come when I write prayers to him or thoughts to him as if I were writing a friend or, perhaps, my <em>Father<\/em>. I also find it very hard to do &#8211; everything else seems more important&#8230; and easier.<br \/>\n3. <em>Picket until Lost returns.<\/em> Ooops, that isn&#8217;t quite right. I will say, however, if this strike kills Lost forever (I&#8217;ve heard some buzz) I am going to be royally ticked. I want to know where the heck these people are located and what they are doing? It is fiction?  Oh yeah. I still want to know.<br \/>\n4. <em>Pray from your knees for a &#8220;segment&#8221;.<\/em> I don&#8217;t do this nearly enough. Heck, I don&#8217;t pray nearly enough. However, I&#8217;ve often found that the simple act of kneeling when I pray reduces the clutter in my head and helps me listen better. Most dramas have &#8220;segments&#8221; between commercials of 10 minutes or so. That is a doable amount of time.<br \/>\n5. <em>Take some cookies to your neighbor&#8230;. the one you don&#8217;t like.<\/em> There is this odd, odd thing that happens when I serve those I don&#8217;t like or am ambivalent about. I end up liking them. I know this is simple stuff but so much of faith is simple stuff. So bring that grumpy neighbor some cookies. And milk.<br \/>\nWhat are other options?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After my time in LA I am more convinced than ever the writers strike is likely to be around for a while. Of course, given some of my past prognostications, it may be over by 2pm. 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