Featured: Camino magic ...
Two years ago I walked part of the Camino de Santiago in northern Spain with a group of friends and a group of strangers who quickly became friends. It was not a trip, it was a transformation. The Camino is an ancient pilgrimage with various routes across Europe, all leading to the Church of St. […]
Here's a thing I have been learning: "You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time." (M. Scott Peck)
Years ago our now-deceased dog, Chessy, used to love going into our dingy, cold basement during summer heat waves to plop down on the concrete floor to find respite from the heat and humidity. As she aged, I began to notice that she couldn't make it back up the steep stairs without help from one […]
One more yoga story for this week ... Recently a middle-aged mom brought her teenaged daughter with her to an afternoon yoga class. This pair set up their mats behind mine and I smiled inside watching them get settled. Not too long into the (really!) hot class, the daughter puffed out several exasperated sighs and […]
I used to have a Flipboard app on my phone. It was flooding me with articles like this: 7 Steps to a Perfect Morning Routine! 27 Ways to the BEST Marriage Now! 16 Ways You Are Drinking Water Wrong! A Failure-Proof Bible Reading Plan! 12 Must-Read Books for September! You get the point ... After […]
Proverbs 4:25-26 says, "Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you. Keep straight the path of your feet, and all your ways will be sure." During the middle of our hot yoga class we often do balance poses; poses which demand our full focus and attention. After several years of practice, […]
Jesus came to my door last night and I turned him away. He looked and sounded like a woman who told me she needed money for her kids. I knew her story was probably not true as she had run it past many others in my neighborhood. And so I looked her right in the […]
