Whenever I bought a house – and I’ve purchased several over the course of my 52 years – my mother would always ask me: where’s your favorite spot? She was referring to that 6’ x 6’ space to which I most found myself returning. Sometimes it was a favorite chair next to the fireplace, a couch that overlooked the back yard, or a pile of pillows in a bay window that was perfect for an afternoon nap.

This fall your church has one simple question and one simple challenge for you: where’s your spot? Only what we mean by this is where is your favorite 6’ x 6’ spot to spend 15 minutes a day with God?

What are we going to do for 15 minutes? Read the Bible. Read the Prayer Book. Sit in silent meditation. You be the judge. But we all suspect that the one, and perhaps, only investment that we can make that can have a consistently positive impact on our lives is spending time with God – intentionally stepping out of the daily grind, and studying about and listening to God.  We know this makes us better people, our families better families, and our congregation a better congregation.

Where’s your spot? How are you going to carve out time to get there for 15 minutes a day? What are you going to do for that 15 minutes? We will have suggestions throughout the fall as we move into our series, ‘Back to the Prayer Book’ in which we will be studying various aspects of the Prayer Book that can help us draw closer to God.

So, where’s your spot?