when it’s all just too much
It doesn’t only happen during years when there’s a pandemic. Or murder hornets. Or fraught elections and let’s not even […]
kindness quotes
Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day and yes, there will be hearts and flowers and cards and candy and much attention given […]
just the way they are
Some words just make you think. About what it really means to be human and to be loving and to […]
how you use the time (a reflection on the Octave of Christmas)
And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. […]
saturday smiles 12.29.18
In case you’re looking around and wondering if there’s any good news out there? Yep. There is. And good music, […]
in somebody’s heart (a Christmas Eve poem)
‘Twas the day before Christmas and some place, somewhere a baby is born, taking first breath of air. Baby boys, […]
when christmas is hard
I don’t know how to make the uncomfortable comfortable, never mind joyful, which is what Christmas by all rights ought […]
how to make this the best Christmas ever
How to make this the best Christmas ever? Maybe… 1…relax. Your expectations, that is. Those demands that you put on […]
when you really don’t want to let go
Have kids, they said. It’ll be fun, they said. Well, and it was. Is. Amazing. Life-changing. Delightful and challenging and […]
what grace does
It’s all so improbable, this grace thing. Looking for it. Finding it (mostly when you’re not looking, and mostly in […]