Compassion is no Match for Convenience
Love isn’t a matter of convenience, it’s a matter of compassion.
Encouragement
It’s Hard. Just Start.
A few months ago, while hiking a trail in the Keweenaw Peninsula of Upper Michigan, I noticed how effortlessly our group traversed the winding paths over rocks, under broken branches, through groves of trees, and along the water’s edge. What would have been a challenging route a hundred years ago today required little more than … Read more
Let’s All Be Brave
Here we are near the end of this year, inching closer to the start of 2023. Don’t we all have traditions or routines that help us put last year in our rearview mirrors and bravely step into the new one? Many of my friends and I have a practice where we choose a scripture verse … Read more
Hope & Becoming
I’ve been thinking … Life is complicated. On our way to becoming, we learn from each other how to navigate this thing called life. We first learned from parents, then from teachers, coaches and for those fortunate enough to partner up with one, a mentor who articulates important life-enhancing behaviors. We glean knowledge from listening … Read more
Craving Contentment
Sometimes I struggle. Does that ever happen to you? Struggle? If we held up our lists of struggles side-by-side they probably wouldn’t match, but we would all have something on our lists. I have a lifelong infatuation with the word ‘why’; not so much the academic, ‘Why does that formula work when this one doesn’t?’ … Read more
When you pray …
Do you pray? No, really. Do you pray? I’m not thinking of the simple ‘Now I lay me down to sleep’ or ‘Bless us oh Father and these our gifts’, although that’s a start. I’m talking about praying to the almighty and holy God who is omnipresent (everywhere at all times), omnipotent (all power to … Read more
Desperate for … what?
Have you ever glanced at something, and in a flash had a creeping feeling of dread? How can a split second of visual make such a powerful connection with your brain that, in a snap, moods are altered? This morning, I bounced down the stairs to my office – not in a falling down the … Read more
We Will Remember
Be careful with your moments because they become your memories. When this is over. When years have passed. How do you want to remember this season. What can you do to make it one of your finest?
Hidden Art Lasts A Lifetime
When I was in 8th grade my dad caved in to my mom’s insistence that we have a piano. Not a castoff or old upright, but brand new Kimball console. You might not think that’s strange, but as I watched the men from our church unload the monstrosity from the truck, I was as mystified … Read more
Sailing the FriendShip
‘When you go out into the world, watch out for traffic, hold hands, and stick together.’ This is what friends do.