Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam “To the greater glory of God” As an Enneagram Nine, I am always struck by the amount of work that people are willing to put into creating a habit, building a skill, perfecting an art. Pure appreciation exudes from my core as I listen to complicated music, take in beautiful art, […]
David and Dylan
It is very exciting for me that our family will be welcoming bees to our backyard this week as we embark on caring for our own hive. This is something that I have been researching and preparing to start for the last year. However, by January, I realized beekeeping was going to be one more […]
Love Abounds
1 Thes 3:12 May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you. “What do you mean you want to go to New York to work in a COVID 19 intensive care unit? What if you don’t make it home?” Those were my […]
Where Joy Resides
“Find out where joy resides, and give it a voice far beyond singing. For to miss all the joy is to miss all.” -Robert Louis Stevenson. It all started with three pitiful brown bananas. They sat, knowing they weren’t going to get eaten. No one wanted them now–it was even too late to blend them […]
Permission to Grieve
“We can obey commandments, believe doctrines, and attend church services all our lives and still daily lose our souls if we run from the necessary cycle of loss and renewal.” Richard Rohr At the first stroke of the guitar on our live Facebook chapel, tears filled my eyes. It was unexpected and caught me off […]