Six years ago, my family and I watched as a team of international movers bubble-wrapped and boxed every item we owned in preparation for our move back to New Jersey. We had completed a three-and-a-half-year assignment in Zurich, Switzerland, and were now headed home to the United States. By all accounts, our time in Zurich had been an overwhelming success….
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“To really touch something, she is learning–the bark of a sycamore tree in the gardens; a pinned stag beetle in the Department of Entomology; the exquisitely polished interior of a scallop shell in Dr. Geffard’s workshop–is to love it.” ~Anthony Doerr in All the Light We Cannot See “She” is Marie-Laure and she is blind. She sees through the laying…
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Hospitality asks us to make room for others, and we often assume this means hosting them in our physical spaces. Yet because of certain situations—a restrictive budget, a difficult roommate, chronic illness, unpredictable work hours—we may not always have the capacity to open up our homes. But that’s not the only way to be hospitable. Join me at In Touch…
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“The unseen spirit of a place has its deep desire and if it’s the same as yours then your small desire goes down like an anchor into the depths.”~Elizabeth Goudge in The Scent of Water In the tiny pantry at the top of the basement stairs, I hung the calendar of England my husband gave me for Christmas. Every thirty…
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Years ago, during a prolonged season of fighting against some of my own limiting beliefs, I wrote a series on experiencing freedom. Or, more accurately, I wrote my way out of those beliefs into freedom–freedom from unrealistic expectations, fear, false labels, and spiritual bondage. I thought I’d revisit this post on freedom from guilt as we enter the summer season,…
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