"How shall I account for the two, or the ten, missing years on my résumé? How should I explain the gap?" These are questions asked of Dr. Kimberley Patton, by students at Harvard Divinity School, fretful and uneasy in the application…
Some days I don’t feel strong. Days when I don't have the words. But I do know that telling stories is a non-negotiable part of healing. Mr. Rogers stepped out of a Manhattan subway train onto the platform. A group of people…
Did someone go through our world and change the price tags that determine what we value? And what grounds us? It feels that way to me.In conversations and email, I hear two consistent themes; depletion (from overload, distraction and hurry)…
Have you ever thrown your hands up into the air, and shouted to no one in particular, “Enough already, I’m tired of all this!”I have. And these moments seem to detonate more frequently.On cue, I scurry down a rabbit trail…
When your internal conversation begins, “I wish my life were different,” your headaches have only just begun. This is not a quarrel that will end well. You see, when I kick into my compulsion to fix, or figure out, or…
We are, every single one of us, wounded. That is a gift.We are, every single one of us, broken. And that is a gift.We are blessedly human, and no one of us is on this journey alone. That too, is…
While touring the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus, a man noticed that only one small rope (meager in size, tied to one front leg only) was holding each elephant. There were no chains, no cages. Mature elephants could, at…
“How is your heart?” I was asked this week.It made me stop. And think. And admit that I prefer, “Are you keeping busy?” because that question is easier to answer. In John’s Gospel, there is a wonderful story about a…
Teachers considered grade school student Gillian Lynne a problem child. You know, one of those students who don't pay attention. Or focus. Age 8 and unable to sit still, Gillian had earned the nickname Wriggle Bottom. This much was clear; Gillian didn't "fit in."…
“Do you have any idea who I am?” The man, a passenger, apoplectic with flushed cheeks, pounding the counter, shouting at the airline agent. Everyone in the departure lounge can hear, and is on edge. (Although, a few take out…
