Nov
12
2025
I love Henri Nouwen. I imagine him spending time with Dad in heaven. Henri always longed for a deeply loving friend, and he would have found that in Dad. They both deeply valued friendship and wanted LOVE to prevail.
I...
Nov
10
2025
Two passages of scripture have been resonating in my mind. The first is Jesus healing the widow’s only son and not only healing but raising him from the dead. Jesus does this act not as a response to a...
Nov
07
2025
Change is all around us! There is a constant alteration, meaning a difference from one condition to another. Look at the world events, seasons, day and night, daylight savings time, government, legal laws, athletic teams and games, an individual's...
Nov
05
2025
Dad loved Ignatius. He had a very Ignatian sensibility as a coach. Ignatius knew his call was to help people move toward a healed life through Christ. He saw how the decision to live wisely came through listening to...
Oct
31
2025
5 BILLION spent on Halloween each year; the second biggest money making celebration of the year. Who said capitalism is dead?
2000 years ago the Celts believed they could talk with the visiting dead. The invading Romans turned this Irish...
Oct
29
2025
One of the gifts my dad gave me was curiosity and the discipline to seek out the “why” of life. My dad understood the need for curiosity around complex issues and topics such as suffering and pain. He explored...
Oct
20
2025
My dad and I memorized 2 Timothy 3:16-17. They are verses I have held with me for most of my life. I memorized them in Birmingham, Alabama when I was seven.
They begin, “All scripture is God-breathed.” As a child, I...
Oct
13
2025
I have been meditating again on what made Dad such a wonderful father. He was a dear father because he knew how to love well. Part of the deepest aspect of love is the gift of friendship.
One of my...
Oct
10
2025
A cup of joy has the potential to give more vitality than a cup of joe. Do we really believe this? Ask 65% of adult Americans who delight in their daily cup of joe. (My deceased dear friend called it a...
Oct
08
2025
My husband is a genocide researcher. He looks back in history at the times when one people group hoped to eliminate another people group through bloodshed, famine, or other forms of harm.
Often the stories of violence are deeply interwoven,...
