I love the heartening story Sue Monk Kidd tells about her grandfather.“My grandfather was a lawyer, a judge, and a farmer. He was frequently busy and conquesting, but I remember also that he sometimes entered the golden moments of wu…
In her book Open Spaces, Gretel Ehrlich talks about the concept that space can heal. That space—created by stillness, calm, silence—represents sanity. Mercy, what a gift. Stillness and silence can be a fullness, rather than a void. It can allow…
Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes. Including yourself. (Thank you, Anne Lamott.) And this did my heart good. Chanequa Walker-Barnes, (professor of practical theology and pastoral care at Columbia Theological Seminary in Georgia),…
I just finished a weekend in Anaheim, CA at the Religious Education Congress. Hugs from a few thousand of my closest friends. And I talked about the permission to slow down long enough to savor the moment. But that’s not…
Christmas is the season of Advent, which means, literally, "to wait."But let’s pause here, shall we? You see, waiting is not one of my spiritual gifts. And truth be told, I wish it were easier to wait.To wait implies that…
“I know I don't get there often enoughBut God knows I surely tryIt's a magic kind of medicineThat no doctor could prescribe...And there's that one particular harbourSheltered from the windWhere the children play on the shore each dayAnd all are…
