The truth of who you are

Sometimes, when I sit down to write a post I think, "Did I say the same thing last week?" I try to stop this second-guessing of myself by saying, "It doesn't matter if you've said it 100 times. It's the thing that seems to be pressing to be expressed again, so just write it." And…

Kindred spirits: A sea of Love

We're leaving for Mexico in the morning. I've had dreams of swimming in warm turquoise-blue water for years, and tomorrow night I will be. I feel a deep desire to float...just to float without a plan: to suspend thought, and let the beautiful ocean hold me up for a while. Although I won't be posting…

Time to hatch

I really appreciate the funny and different positions that our cats assume. They get inside, on top of, or underneath almost everything in the house, and then contort themselves to fit and fall asleep like that. Almost on a daily basis, either Jack or I will call to each other, "You have to see this!"…

Calm expectation

I was listening to a radio broadcast of, The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, the other day. At the conclusion of the program, they said that when C. S. Lewis was a teenager, he suddenly had a vision of a faun walking in the woods carrying a package. Many years later, he wanted  to…

Watch your step

I hardly ever watch or listen to the news. I'm happy about this. A few days ago, my son Matt finished up filming for a T.V. show that he works on called, The Deadliest Catch. It's filmed in Alaska, and I guess they just had a storm that was the biggest one in 40 years.…