I teared up in the donation parking lot the other day. Getting teary-eyed when I unload a trunk full of […]
What One Giant, Costco-Sized Bear Taught Me About the Push and Pull of Life Read Post »
There’s a tradition, or I suppose I should call it a rule, in my family: Everyone has to say “I love
Love at Drop-Offs and in the Upper Room Read Post »
A couple of months after the pandemic started, I drove a couple of miles down Fruitvale Avenue, determined to purchase
Grace in the Garden Read Post »
On election night, my family of four positioned ourselves in front of the television. Bowls of chili, loaded with all
It’s Okay to Feel Sad Read Post »
There are certain rhythms of the liturgical year I can often feel like I’m learning for the very first time.
Finding God on the Mountain and in the Valley Read Post »
On my wedding anniversary, I found myself browsing through old photo albums on Facebook.
Remembering the When. Celebrating the Now. Read Post »
We started to hear rumblings of a teachers’ strike just a couple of days before it happened.
When Hope is a Discipline, Everything Changes Read Post »
Shouldering is a way of moving upwards, out of the darkness and into the light. Not unlike human shoulders that shrug and scrunch, sometimes toward the ears and sometimes back down toward the belly, when a vegetable is good and ready it will scrunch and shoulder toward the sky.
Shouldering Our Way through Good Friday Read Post »
Advent came a little later than expected this year.
Advent finally showed up Read Post »
I held high hopes for tomatoes this summer.
Clinging to Hope Amid Failed Expectations Read Post »