During last Sunday’s service I was leading a meditation, inviting myself and everyone to give ourselves a breather from all…

I try to keep my toenails pretty because I dance barefoot.  Sometimes, I’ll wear colored nail polish because — well,…

American artist Chuck Close said, “Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show up and get to work.…

Probably due to a conversation with my sister last week in which she mentioned that her favorite Halloween candy bar…

I’ve had a delightful week in the Carolina mountains.  This is Travis’s neck of the woods, so it’s been an…

I had a dream last week in which I was on a horse, an imposing beast of great strength and…

Human desire kinda gets a bum rap.  We tend to tangle it up in either greedy materialism or shameful lust.…

I don’t usually do “cutesy” talks. I mean, clever, absolutely.  Maybe occasionally a bit whimsical.  I like a good pun…

I absolutely love it when things fall into place — when the variables get settled, the questions get answered, and…

This week, I encountered a quote from poet-activist Wendell Berry: "We have lived our lives by the assumption that what…

My friend Jenna and I were out for happy hour last week, catching up on an array of topics over…

I read a Washington Post article this week titled “How to Overcome Compassion Fatigue.”  Author David DeSteno writes about how…