I wanna be that kind of book
Pristine and new is overrated. I’d rather be the book people have paged through.
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?
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?
In Our Element: when work is play
All the work is worth it when it lands us in our element and it becomes play.
Back from the brink
There will always be things to fear. Thank goodness we have a partner in life who can pull us back from the edge.
Designed to Do More than Reflect: Holy Refraction
We can do more than reflect the world back to itself. We can refract earthly things to embark on kingdom things.
Creative Juices
Where do creative juices come from? This is my question as I plod along a very familiar path. Foot by ever-loving foot, sneaker meets pavement. The feet move slower than molasses but the brain is another story. Literally. My brain whirrs with ideas, putting things together that I never thought knew each other. Suggesting solutions. […]
kicking and kicking but going nowhere?
When it feels like our kicking and kicking is getting us nowhere, we may be surprised by what shows us we’re getting somewhere.