Slow down, it’s summer

By |2018-03-02T19:01:36-06:00June 9th, 2010|

Can I just say how much I enjoy summer? I'm writing on my laptop with the windows open to the evening chorus of songbirds. It's warm but not so hot we need the air conditioning. [...]

The Simple Compassion Challenge

By |2018-03-02T19:02:06-06:00January 9th, 2010|

This month, we're asking readers to perform one act of Simple compassion each week, and to tell us about it. You can watch my YouTube video explaining the challenge here. Each week, you pray, asking [...]

Father’s Day

By |2009-06-20T10:21:51-05:00June 20th, 2009|

Just a reminder that tomorrow is Father's Day. I got to spend some time with my dad last week, when he and my mom came out to visit (they live in Calif.). The more I [...]

Sufficient grace

By |2018-03-02T19:03:49-06:00March 2nd, 2009|

Today, I have been married eighteen years. In a row. To the same person. This is no small accomplishment, given our culture’s view of marriage as a disposable commodity. And given that I am married [...]

A delicate gift

By |2008-10-29T09:35:14-05:00October 29th, 2008|

One of the hardest things in life is to go to the funeral of a person younger than you. But that is what I will be doing tomorrow afternoon.             Last weekend, my dear friend [...]

My people

By |2018-03-02T19:06:01-06:00August 12th, 2008|

Summer weekends for the last two decades or so, I’ve visited my in-laws. It’s not so bad. They happen to live on a lake less than two hours from our house.                 I [...]

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