As we cross the threshold of a new year, can we embrace what's ahead — with all its messiness and challenge — and offer ourselves and our world compassion and kindness rather than make one more meaningless resolution to "fix" what we think is wrong with ...
How often do we, like the scribe in today’s Gospel, say to the Lord in prayer: “I will follow you wherever you go”? We may have the best of intentions and ...
As I was sipping coffee on the deck this morning, phone in hand, crossword puzzle in front of me, I suddenly stopped and looked up. In that moment, ...
When I left my office job four months ago to return to my home-based writing and retreat business, I was mainly focused on doing the work I love most on a ...
A few weeks ago, I took my daughter, Olivia, to see a production of “Les Miserables” in a beautiful old theater not far from our home. The show had been a ...
It's mid-March, and that can mean only one thing on this blog: It's National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. That means it's also time for me to parade ...
This week we delve into our final chapter of Cravings, but that doesn’t mean we’re done with this topic or this journey. In fact, this is just the beginning. ...
I stood in the upstairs hallway of our home recently, hugging my 12-year-old daughter, who was finally expressing outwardly the fears that must have been ...
Well, so much for me posting this one from the archives "tomorrow," as promised on Feb. 18. Obviously, things continue at a breakneck pace, and I will admit ...
I am so very sorry for leaving you all hanging for, what is it now? Two weeks? I know we need to cover chapters 6 AND 7 of the Cravings journey, and we'll ...