Friends, if you live in or near the Cedar Valley, I want to personally invite you to a beautiful event happening soon. Blake Flattley and Tanner Olson are from Nashville and are bringing their music, poetry and joy to the area on September 21st. You can read more about them here and here and here. […]

As you read this, I am in the air flying my way to the northwest corner of Spain. As I have said before, this trip is not what I thought it would be since I cannot walk the Camino with my friends due to a knee injury. However, the alternative is not too shabby - […]

Laughing together at old jokes, old memories, old failures. And then crying together at the thought of losing our old dog; the dog of our middle age. Sitting quietly drinking coffee and reading, briefly catching eyes, flashing a slow smile that says, "I could sit here with you forever." Fitting into the crook of his […]

I leave for my modified Camino on Tuesday, September 3. I thought I would be packing a suitcase filled with wool socks, hiking pants, blister band-aids and rain ponchos. Instead, I am curating my reading selection, packing cute dresses for evening meals, scouting out coffee shops and wine bars, and loading up a brand new […]

Woosh! Our last post stirred up a hornet's nest of hurt and frustration with the church, didn't it? I have such mixed emotions about that. On the one hand, I get it. Trust me, I do. I have worked in the church for the last 25 years, so I know how the sausage gets made, […]

As most of my readers know, I left a church I loved almost 2 years ago after preaching and teaching there for 23 years. I left because I followed Jesus right into officiating the marriage of two of my dearest young friends. Two of the best people I know: Kind, genuine, faithful, humble, loving women […]