Today a hurricane is pressing on our eastern coast. Over the weekend there were more shootings. There was a deadly ship fire in California where many are still missing. There were personal car wrecks, diagnoses and tragedies. There was the same old political rhetoric that I can now hardly bear to hear though I care… Continue reading Bright Sadness
I learn something every time I practice yoga. All of it applies to life. I've said before if I could only figure out how to take notes while doing yoga, I would have it made. Because my hands are usually trying to hold me up, I'm left to apply only what I remember. Over and… Continue reading Soften Something
People ask me sometimes how I write. Where do your ideas come from? Is it hard? Does it take a long time? Every day, when I journal, read scripture and devotional materials, ideas usually flow freely. I jot in the back of my journal different blog ideas. Ideas also come to me when I walk… Continue reading A Voice, Crying Out
Sometimes I think we are at war. At war with the environment. At war with each other. At war with other countries. At war with whoever disagrees with us. At war with those who are different...even with those in our own families. Yesterday, we all got word of another mass shooting, in another place where… Continue reading Is This War?
Jesus was a master storyteller. He loved tackling tough topics with stories about common things that every one could relate to. Lots of time he wouldn't even try to explain what he was talking about. He would just tell his story about the crops, the wedding, the farmer or the feast and leave it there,… Continue reading When Hummingbirds Argue
