1) Staycation Day # 236. Our friend Jan Lachenmaier talks excitedly of her daily walks in Santa Barbara. “I call it being a tourist in
When my son was an infant I’d look at him in his crib as he slept at night. His stomach was full, and he smelled of baby shampoo and lavender lotion. He was healthy and warm. He slept without fear.
What is peace? First, let me introduce the word “peace” as it is written in the languages of prominent tribes (my birth origin) in Nigeria, West Africa.
It’s always an instructional moment for a pastor when she finds herself confronted with a Bible passage she’s afraid to preach. This happened to me a few months ago.
Ancient cave drawings illustrate that artistic expression is endemic to humanity. And throughout history, artists have pushed boundaries and come into conflict with their communities.
You’re not alone, I’m with you, I’m lonely too
Once, on a hike I discovered a single sandhill plum hanging beside the trail, tiny and ripe with some kind of meaning, nature’s haiku.
I write this several weeks before a presidential election that will determine the leader of a country more polarized than I have seen it in my thirty-some years of living.
Three. that is the number of times I have been baptized. One could say I took this Anabaptist thing a little too literally.
