Guest post by Shea Clarke I had seen signs early in the relationship that sent up warning flares: Beware! Danger! Do not proceed! It was things like him demanding to know where I had been when I had been out with my friends, leaving an obsessive number of messages when I wasn’t home, being angry […]
Month: March 2012
A Simple How-To on Faith
Guest post by Kate Powers Recently I was asked how I use my faith to stay grounded. My first response was “I don’t know, it’s just how I do things.” But I realize this answer is useless to the asker so I have spent days on an inner quest to recreate my process. I have […]
Do You Know the Pancake Man?
Guest post by Kelly Heuer Spring is in the air. It’s warm enough outside that my hoodie is more than enough insulation. Flowers aren’t yet blooming, but the plants to which they are attached are turning green. Parts of the lawn are stretching out and turning a lovely shade of not-brown-any-more. Birds are flitting wildly […]
How to Become a Noticer
Guest post by Rita Schulte The spiritual disciplines of silence and solitude provide a great place to learn to become a noticer. I call noticing an art because just like any other art, it takes deliberate and intentional practice. The key to entering into silence and solitude begins with a willingness to abandon all distractions. […]
Along This Path
How are you feeling about the path you’re walking? Are you walking quickly, trying to reach the end, or slowly and watchfully, taking it all in? What are your thoughts about where this path will lead? Are you fearful or excited about your destination?
Simple Beauty
What beauty might you be overlooking in your world today? What might you see if you look more closely, more carefully, more observantly? What might your senses catch, if you employ them all at once?
His Heart
Guest post by Lisa Easterling One of the most difficult things I’ve had to do as a mother is watch my children agonize over the wait for the arrival of true love. It didn’t really help to tell them to hang in there, have faith, that God had the perfect person just for each of […]
The End of the Beginning
Guest post by Shea Clarke “Child abuse casts a shadow the length of a lifetime.” Herbert Ward When I think back over my childhood, I try hard to find something I can hold onto as a cherished good memory—something that can share with my own children about who their mother was. But there is not […]
Snow
What is your experience with snow? Do you have childhood memories associated with snow? Describe how frostbite feels, or how you imagine it would feel. Do you remember your favorite winter outfit? Is there a poem about snow needing to be written?
Luck’s got nothing to do with it
Guest post by Kate Powers Some people call it luck. Others say “You are blessed”. I used to believe I had bad luck–or at least I knew I didn’t have good luck. It seemed Murphy’s Law ruled my life and if something could go wrong, or even if it couldn’t, it did. I struggled through […]