It all started with some bad housekeeping… I had bought some sweet potatoes that somehow never made it to the table. Instead they languished in the cupboard, waiting to be used, enjoyed for the purpose for which they were grown. The days grew longer, and the sweet orange roots began Read more…
(Please accept my apologies for this extra post. This will not happen often.) As a small child, I listened while Captain Kangaroo (Go ahead: Google it!) read to us the Caldecott Medal-winning book, Stone Soup. This wonderful tale gently reminds us that sometimes what is required to meet an overwhelming Read more…
All I said was one word. Her name. All the syllables of it. Sharply. She crumpled into tears. I had no good reason to speak so sharply. What she had done was not rebellious or unkind, not intended to offend. It was just an error…a mistake. What boiled over and Read more…
I just spilled coffee on the chair and rug in my office trying to intercept a moth. Moving things to deal with the spill, I discovered a new place on the rug where the moth larvae have been feasting. The only way I know to deal with them, aside from Read more…
Jesus offers us rest… rest from the crazy-making struggle of having to be good enough; rest from the dizzying effort of understanding why anything; rest from the air-sucking pressure of maintaining our “composure.” Jesus offers us company… delighting in our presence; responding to our conversation; walking with us everywhere. Jesus Read more…