Release it like a gust (On storms, control and living small)
On Tuesday, the sun shone with purpose, and you noted the burlap ground cover and vibrant blue sky. You found yourself standing in that Narnian place of seasons embracing. That holy wrenching mingling of the now and not yet. Just a few days later, the winds whipped...
Five Minute Friday: TEST
In a week, we're presented with so many opportunities to live out what we believe. Or not. As I'm learning more all the time, some of the habituated responses in my own life make change difficult. My body responds by memory. I'm literally working to forge new paths...
Five Minute Friday: COLLECT
We are on the third (or maybe fourth) leg of our afternoon school pick-up, which means "Lala," Clementine and I have been sitting in the minivan for a while now. Big sister "J" should arrive any moment with her middle school carpool. From our waiting spot, back at the...
Made to be birds
don't you remember what it was like to swim the air, float on open sky, alight on branches and sing your wild heart out to dwell at night in the shadow of parent wings, the honey warmth of feather's nurture? somewhere you began to give away the shelter, your song for...
The Bridge
We gathered on a rainy Saturday afternoon at the visitor's center for a hike to Terry Riley Bridge and the ceremony that would take place there. As rain fell and mud mucked, second grade Daisy scouts anticipated becoming Brownies. Under raincoats, the girls wore the...
Five Minute Friday: LISTEN
The very lilt of listen implies peace and comfort, deep breaths in and out, but don't be fooled: Listening is risky. Yes, you might hear, be still, child. Or maybe just as likely, do that scary thing. Or fold that laundry. Or stop and look in her eyes. Hear what hurts...
Five Minute Friday: HEAL
I've known thousands of ways to heal. Through painted fingernails and facial scrubs, smiles in the mirror, long hugs and hot tears, karaoke and dance, scary risks and laughing hard and loud. Through letting the true me come out, in receiving her right where she is, in...
Q & A with Singer Songwriter Ginny Owens (Part 2)
If you missed part 1 of my interview with singer-songwriter Ginny Owens yesterday, you can catch that here. (Earlier today I posted this as an audio clip, but due to some issues with sound quality, I've posted it now in text form.) In this portion of the interview,...
Q & A with Singer Songwriter Ginny Owens (Part 1)
Good news for local friends: Ginny Owens will perform at Lake Bible Church, on September 24th, at 7 pm. Purchase tickets for an evening of song and story here. Hello, and welcome back! In the weeks before I'd completed my website redesign, when visions of story were...
Everything’s a Story
On one hand I've always been the rule-following sort; on the other, I can't stand being fenced in, and (at least internally) reject being limited, defined or told what I should care about and how. I've usually found joy in this subtle rebellion, in...
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