I’m rereading a Madeleine L’Engle book this morning, Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art. Her writing is filled with wisdom and flights of fantasy, and her cadence feels old-fashioned and slows me down. Every third or forth page I find myself tearing up, which makes no sense because today is a gorgeous, sunny day […]
Yesterday was a glorious day. I woke up with a head cold, but didn’t care. There wasn’t all that much I had to do, and I had a great book to read, a couple of thoughtful talks to listen to, and plans to get together with a friend. God felt close, and life felt good, […]
The People Factor by Van Moody is the best book on relationships I’ve ever read. That sounds like hyperbole, but this is the first time I’ve ever had a complete “Oprah Moment” and thought, I want to buy 1,000 copies of this book and give it to everyone I know. I can’t think of anyone […]
It is WARM here today!!! I can’t really focus on anything else. It has been so numbingly cold for so many days that the very fact that I could walk THAT DOG this morning without worrying that she would die from exposure in the first 15 seconds (she’s so old now) feels MIRACULOUS and worthy […]
Here is the talk from this morning’s Faith Community. This one came out about how I wrote it (which either means I’m getting better at this, or that I was off my game…) Our opening Psalm of Worship was Psalm 18, a story sung by David to celebrate how God came through for him when […]
Happy New Year! We began 2014 with a Turducken dinner at friends’ house, which I think sums up pretty well what I’m expecting as I look ahead to the next 364 days: I think they will be filled with laughter, weird juxtapositions, and experienced/explored/navigated with an assortment of friends. As one friend described the Turducken […]