A place to share my thoughts about faith, kids, nature, hospitality and …life
I always appreciate recommendations from friends. I still don’t read as much as I would like to, but discovering audio books has helped me significantly. Here are my top 3 books of the last several months: Your Blue Flame by Read More
I was taking laps outside of the pool with my toddler, trying to keep her from jumping in where my 4 year old was having swim lessons. A young lifeguard, maybe 20 years old with blue hair and a rather Read More
Grasping, forcing, reaching for a place to land. Fluttering by each sole soul. Sirens and cries polluting the music of the wind, which thus blows. Blows even further from home, from creation. O God, let me be a flower of Read More
Every year, even now, as the sun warms the rain soaked trees, I start to feel the anticipation of summer camp rise. I feel it at some place deep in my bones- it’s almost time for starry nights, campfire laughing, Read More
As I tried to contemplate the grace of this past year, a theme that came to mind was being in the present moment. A priest friend told me recently, that God meets us in the present moment. He is giving Read More
My first Mother’s Day as a mother with a baby in my arms was also my first Mother’s Day without my own mother on earth. That Mother’s Day of firsts and each since have been incredibly bittersweet. I finally understood Read More
“Mom, are we going anywhere today?” I admit I literally laughed out loud at my son’s complete oblivion to the crisis the rest of the world is experiencing. “Um no, we’re not. Have you not noticed we haven’t gone anywhere Read More
Our experience of church has felt pretty distinct for many of us this past month. I’ve been thinking a lot about church lately and wanted to share my thoughts. First though, let’s define our terms a little bit. I think Read More
Community life. There is a difference between merely living with people and living in community with people. Most of us have lived with people many times and ways throughout our life- our family we grew up with, various roommates as Read More
I’ve still got a lot to process and, I have to admit, I am one of the few who is least affected by the many changes happening around our world due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The quarantine restrictions are felt, Read More