A few years ago, I received an electronic Christmas card from a friend who had always sent a paper one.
Good Book Club
The Good Book Club is back!
Advent at 80 miles per hour
How do we observe Advent?
Native Gardening: Here and Now
I’m a carpenter’s daughter. My father built the suburban Chicago house of my childhood with his own hands in the evenings after working his for-pay job. Suburban sprawl put food on my table and paid half my college tuition where in environmental science classes I was taught about its horrors.
The Art of Storytelling
Where did you see God today? Where are you in the story?
Picture Books, The Way of Love, & Becoming Beloved Community
Picture books offer a way to explore The Way of Love and Becoming Beloved Community. Here’s a list that you can sort by practice to use for formation at home and in your faith communities.
Labyrinths as formation: Making finger sand labyrinths
Labyrinths are wonderful tools for practicing prayer and mindfulness. Labyrinths aren’t just for adults – learn how to incorporate labyrinths into your formation ministry at church and at home.
Seeing ourselves in picture books
Picture books can help you explore diversity with your kids. How do we know that we belong in the world? Seeing ourselves in books is a vital way to learn that we’re all beautiful in the eyes of our creator.
The Unattainable Rubric
As I sit here writing… I am inhabiting a body. As you sit there reading… you are, also, inhabiting a body.I am sure, just as I do, you have a long and complex history with your body. Most of my history surrounds my body’s interaction with gravity and how much space it takes up.
Summer Goals
Last Sunday, my youth group blessed themselves and each other when they set summer goals.