Hidden Majesty
Hardship and struggle rewarded with surprising beauty. Oh, how nature does teach us…
I wanna be that kind of book
Pristine and new is overrated. I’d rather be the book people have paged through.
The Parable of the Teacher and her Students
Scattering… hope some seeds plant and grow.
Who took the lane lines?
An imitation open-water swim showed me just how come life felt so dizzying and how I might set it a-right.
Last to Lunch: No one deserves to be first
Being last is a way of life for the least of these. How many do we notice and invite to go first?
Softening the Surface
Have you ever watched water striders, the spindly-legged creek-surface-dwelling bugs, scoot along the surface of still water? (Did you know that not everyone refers to these wonders as water striders? Some call them Jesus bugs. Ha! They walk on water… Jesus bugs!!) Anyway, amazing isn’t it that a creature can be so nimble and light […]
I take a deep breath
The S-L-O-W breath is not anxious or hurried. Its journey is resolute, measured, sublime, destined. How overlooked. How magnificent. How perfect.
What if “blessed are you” really means “get up, go ahead and do something”?
What if, instead of “Blessed are you when you…” Jesus really said, “Get up, go ahead, do something, move” and what will be actually was?
Taking Stock @ 60
Pretty predictable, the 60 year old me. I wonder what that means about what I will be.
In Our Element: when work is play
All the work is worth it when it lands us in our element and it becomes play.