It's the week after Easter. Chocolate bunnies eaten, eggs hidden, found, and turned into egg salad, leftover ham served on sandwiches, Easter hymns sung and put away til next year. And here we are … Now what? Our pastor said in his Easter sermon: We are people of the resurrection! And my question is: What […]

There are some days I leave the writing to the experts. Today is one of those days. "So what do I believe actually happened that morning on the third day after he died? I can tell you this: that what I believe happened and what in faith and with great joy I proclaim, is that […]

I wrote this 8 years ago. It brings me great joy to re-share today. ********* I want to give you a glimpse into my life. For those who know me this story will not surprise. For those who think you know me this story will help you know me better. I was shopping for groceries […]

Last Saturday morning dawned like most other Saturday mornings. Loose plans, weary bodies, much that needed our attention. "What do you want today to hold?" I asked my husband. He didn't seem very interested in the question. Distracted, caught up in his own thoughts. "I just have so much to do," he said. "Like what?" […]

I have been dormant for a season. Overwork, a new puppy, attending to family needs. I have gone quiet. And in the quiet, I have been pondering this season of life in which I find myself. I turn to Richard Rohr and his book "Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life." Rohr […]

I heard a poem yesterday … or I should say, a part of a poem. I am not sure who the author of the poem was. I am not even sure I have the phrase right. Nonetheless, I have been captured by its truth, this little, potentially misquoted, phrase: "Lord, most of what I love […]