Do You Need to Be Needed?
Do you really need to be needed? I find that question invites an honest look at my own heart. Sometimes I step in too quickly,...
The Gift of Disillusionment
The Unfinished Symphony – Part I The unfinished symphony is not just a musical score. It actually is life. Countless times we struggle with expectations...
From Paranoia to Metanoia
On a morning walk by the water, I watch a woman smile at the sunrise and the storm-tossed waves, trying to capture a beauty her...
The Trick to Being an Optimist
How do we stay optimistic when life hurts? I don’t believe faith promises that every diagnosis, loss, or relationship will work out the way we...
Rupture and Repair
Life brings rupture. Plans unravel, relationships strain, and we find ourselves poor in spirit, humbled by a road we never expected to walk. Yet Jesus...
The World Turned Rightside Up
There are many one-off miracles. But what if we came to see EVERYTHING as a miracle? We can gain that sight, but it only comes...
The Enchantment of Everyday Life
Today I invite us to recover a little enchantment. Swedenborg writes in Heaven and Hell that angels see “the inherent life in all things,” and...
