"If we don't come apart for a while, we will come apart after awhile." -Dallas Willard Today's Welcoming and Wandering newsletter explores the power of long-term friendships, solitude, and the magic of taking a [...]
Today's Welcoming and Wandering Substack is out. We're talking about how to welcome others without having anyone over: bringing meals, being kind online. And we've got a fall recipe because why not? Read it here. [...]
When you hear the word “hospitality” what comes to mind? How do you feel about it? A. Entertaining in my perfectly clean and tastefully decorated home (which feels pressured) B. A gift or skill that [...]
To some of my friends, it made no sense at all. To others, it made perfect sense. Why would a happily (well, mostly happily) married 60-year-old decide to travel solo to Chamonix, France, to hike [...]
Thanksgiving is next week. A day for gratitude, hospitality, and occasionally, stress. Rather than get tangled in planning, why not make this season a time for gratitude and actually, you know, thanks giving? A time [...]
Daylight saving time ended this weekend, and I’m pretty sure we all have feelings about it. In years past, I’ve mourned the loss of lingering evening light. Darkness literally falls, collapsing quick and early. If [...]
Fall stirs in me a longing to gather people around my table, to practice hospitality. After months and months of social distancing and not gathering, I’m thrilled to be able to welcome friends to my [...]
We all long for it: the abundant life. I don't know about you, but I stand against a scarcity mentality steeped in fear. I want to believe that I have more than enough, even when [...]
Earlier this week, I found myself at Target, shopping for a Snot Sucker, which seemed somehow an appropriate way to commemorate the first anniversary of an executive order banning certain immigrants from our country. In [...]
When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight. [...]
