Many of you arrived here by signing up for my Advent audio guide, Journeying to Bethlehem Together, and for that I'm grateful. It's a joy to have you here as we hold longing together. I still consider myself a newbie when it comes to observing Advent, and if not a total newbie, at the very least ... Read More about Keep it Simple: An Advent Resource Guide
Journeying to Bethlehem: An Advent Audio Devotional
Hello, dear readers! I have a small gift for you this season. I've been quietly working behind the scenes on audio Advent devotional just for you! Is Advent one more thing you don't have time for this holiday season? Are you unsure where to begin? Are you already tired of the ads, the over ... Read More about Journeying to Bethlehem: An Advent Audio Devotional
Generosity at the Thanksgiving Table
The frozen bananas on a stick were the straw that broke my pre-pubescent back. After sharing several Thanksgiving meals over the years with family friends, I’d resigned myself to celebrating with dehydrated potatoes whipped up from a box and various side dishes poured from a can. But fruit ... Read More about Generosity at the Thanksgiving Table
How to Live a Listening Life
My husband and I sat across from each other with menus and a white linen tablecloth between us. Soft tones murmured around us as glasses clinked and waiters shuffled by with heavy white dishes. In an attempt to muffle the ambient noise, I tried to cup my hand around my ear without looking obvious. I ... Read More about How to Live a Listening Life
One: Living in Harmony with our Inner and Outer Lives
"Ah, not to be cut off, not through the slightest partition shut out from the law of the stars. The inner--what is it? if not intensified sky, hurled through with birds and deep with the winds of homecoming." ~Rainer Maria Rilke (Ah, Not to be Cut Off) I know urbanites who possess the soul of ... Read More about One: Living in Harmony with our Inner and Outer Lives
A Cure for Everything that Ails You: On the Healing Power of Art
Because we live on doorstep of NYC, we often find the culture of city life seeping into our everyday. Our highways jam with commuters, and our schedules swell with too much to do in too little time. We pay exorbitant prices for everything from a cappuccino to burgers to real estate. It can be a drag ... Read More about A Cure for Everything that Ails You: On the Healing Power of Art
