I watched the film Good Will Hunting in four installments on the treadmill this week. I find Matt Damon and Ben Affleck suitable motivation to squeeze into spandex. I can't remember the first time I saw the movie, but I recall a few specific lines leaping out at me from the screen when I first ... Read More about Advent, art, and incarnational living
Soul hunger
I think a lot about the minute changes in my body over time. It's the former nurse in me, always wondering what meaning lies behind today's aches and pains and lumps. Like every good student of anatomy and physiology, I came out of nursing school a closet hypochondriac. I take note of every twinge ... Read More about Soul hunger
Memory making
She lives alone, but when you open the cupboards they're filled with reminders of a growing family. They're stocked full with jumbo size snacks and enough ziplock bags to last a growing family multiple lifetimes. Her kitchen, closets, and garage sit full of items gathering dust. They had purpose in ... Read More about Memory making
Let there be light
“Remember God’s bounty in the year. String the pearls of His favor. Hide the dark parts, except so far as they are breaking out in light! Give this one day to thanks, to joy, to gratitude! ~Henry Ward Beecher I know you hear the stories the same as I do, the reports of darkness in so many corners ... Read More about Let there be light
Five ways to survive the season
"There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort." ~Jane Austen Reviewing the holiday calendar has an opposite and equally strong reaction between my husband and myself. When he sees a blank space, he wants to fill it. When I see a blank space, I want to keep it free from commitment. I see a ... Read More about Five ways to survive the season
I do
My husband and I spent hours cleaning the basement yesterday. I should preface this by saying, the basement is where all the things we've collected over our multiple moves go to die a slow death by suffocation. Boxes upon boxes, trinkets upon trinkets. Visual clutter brings out the worst of my ... Read More about I do
