One Word: Waiting

Joining the crowd growing at Alece's place - choosing one word for 2012 - a word that will shape decisions, influence thinking, guide us into God's presence with greater intentionality during the … Read more...

Five Minute Friday: Open

It's the last Friday of 2011. Wow, that year just sorta flew by, didn't it? We've been on a brief vacation this week, enjoying the beauty of the Cambria coastline in central CA with our older daughter … Read more...

From the Inside Out: A Guest Post

I sit here in the warm sunlight, enjoying the Pacific Ocean as it rolls onto the sands of a nearby beach. It’s a day alone for me - a rare treat. Even in this first full year of retirement, I’m … Read more...

Guest Post: A Christmas Remembered

My friend Linda Thomas over at Spiritual Memoirs 101 put out a call for Christmas stories at the end of November, promising to publish one of them during Christmas week. She actually chose FOUR and … Read more...

Christmas Reflections

The church is full on Christmas Eve. Elbow to elbow, friends and family nudge in to make space for late-comers. A trio of angels surround the Advent candle circle, gleaming in the soft light of early … Read more...

Wondering at Christmas

For the last several months, I've had the pleasure and the privilege of connecting with a smaller circle of bloggers through the kind invitation of Seth Haines, over at his Collective blog. Anyone who … Read more...

And on a lighter note…Advent Four: Christmas Pageant!

It had been a rugged few days and we were bone tired.An easy 300+ miles on the car;four nights in a bed not our own;days spent dealing with a weeping and worried aging mom,packing and schlepping and … Read more...

A Strange Advent

Life feels so strange just now:delicate and ponderous,uncertain and pre-determined,incomplete, uncomfortable, gaping open,like a sweater that no longer fits.She asks the same questions,over and over … Read more...

Five Minute Friday: Connected

The stresses of the season combined with the stresses of helping my unraveling mom to prepare for her move to Assisted Living the first week of January have combined to make writing difficult this … Read more...