Peace Dancing

This past week, one of my Facebook friends posted a video of Dick Van Dyke who is about to turn 99. The background music for this video is “All My Love” which is an amazing song performed by Chris Martin of Coldplay. The video features Van Dyke as he answers questions about his life and […]

I Am Conflicted

It’s happened to me more times than I care to admit. I’ve added a Christmas gift to my cart on Amazon that I know is too expensive and doesn’t fit our budget. My cursor is hanging over the “Place Your Order” button on my screen and beads of sweat are breaking out on my forehead. […]

The Expectation of Good

Simply put, hope is the expectation of something good. This time of year we celebrate “Advent” which means arrival. The arrival that people of the Christian faith celebrate is the arrival of Jesus into our reality. In my last post, I made it clear I am struggling with hope this holiday season. Are you? Some […]

Above the Treeline

Gratitude is saving me. It has been for the last few years. It is not something nice to add to my pantheon of virtues, it is the virtue that breathes life into every character trait I have. The mental and emotional peace I receive from the daily practice of gratitude, is incalculable. If you are […]

Post Election Reflection Pt 1

Warning: This is longer than I wanted it to be. In fact, I broke it up into two posts because I had so many thoughts on the topic. Disclaimer: The following is written to the Christian community. That doesn’t mean that if you aren’t a part of that community this doesn’t apply to you, but […]

Above All Else

A week ago our church (COSA) held its last Sunday service. If you know me at all, you know that for the last four years, I have poured my energy and heart into this endeavor and even writing that last sentence was painful for me. It is a difficult sentence to write and yet, I […]

to seek out new life

Have you ever noticed that most books or movies about the future are pretty…depressing? We are overrun with zombies just trying to survive, fighting off cyborg killing machines bent on human extermination, or we are huddled in our fallout shelters scared to leave for fear of being infected with radiation from the nuclear wasteland that […]