Apr
10
2023
How important is hope? I can’t believe how I need it. I have five big hopeful dreams right now and they are easily toppled with a few fearful thoughts. My husband Shann is infinitely more pragmatic. He doesn’t get...
Apr
07
2023
One of the gifts God has given me is a reframing of what I define as good. It’s been a long life lesson. I believe the disciples learned this lesson. How God could take the most wretched, miserable, terrible,...
Apr
05
2023
I am surprised at how many men I meet who laud the fact that they don’t cry. They make it sound like it is an accomplishment. In my mind there are few bigger tragedies than dry-eyed men unable to...
Apr
03
2023
My husband Shann teaches poetry for Stanford. I read one of his lessons and it was so beautiful I felt like crying. He says that courage is needed to be a poet.
Courage is so necessary in poetry because pain...
Mar
31
2023
My dad loved people, and he built beautiful friendships. One person he loved is a man named Rachi Wortham. We just did a short video story about his life. You can check it out in the link below. We...
Mar
30
2023
My dad loved the concept of forgiveness. He grew up in an abusive home with a father he did not admire and in fact deeply hated. He wished there were a way to speak openly with his dad about...
Mar
29
2023
Does anger change us? Jesus opens his ministry after the wedding miracle with anger. I identify with this. Wanting to move the church with righteous indignation and sweep out all the offending people and practices. Then I realize I...
Mar
28
2023
I have a bad habit of imagining someone else's suffering will pass to me like a contagious disease. Sometimes the images of another's suffering is too much for me such as the vivid thought of the two seniors slamming...
Mar
27
2023
During our mealtime conversation, my husband Shann asked how the idea of God sacrificing His son on our behalf moves us? It is a profound consideration. If there is a God, what are the attributes of this deity? After...
Mar
24
2023
Shann and I were speaking at a conference about forgiveness. It’s always amazing how everyone gets overwhelmed with this topic. I think because most people conjure in their minds a massive grievance they hold against another person or group...
