Oct
24
2022
I recently watched a movie about a man who demands a perfect world to the point he abuses others to achieve it. Perfection is so seductive. It is another form of will, to power and control instead of surrender...
Oct
21
2022
Dad loved the phrase, “Set the Table.” For him, it was a call to action for those in leadership to provide a space for true community and transformation to occur. He got this idea from watching my grandmother. My...
Oct
20
2022
In C.S. Lewis’s Reflections on the Psalms he addresses a topic I have struggled with. What do we do with the Psalms that pray down wrath on enemies? Here are poems, songs to God about the absolute trampling and destruction of...
Oct
19
2022
I am reading Swiss Reformed medical doctor Paul Tournier. He writes that neurosis is the division of right intuition and false suggestion.
I see this easily in myself. I sense that something is wrong but then follow false suggestions that...
Oct
18
2022
We have a quote on our fridge by one of the best poets in the world, Li Young Li, who says, "I don't have faith that God exists, since I experience God enough to know that God exists, haunting...
Oct
17
2022
Shann and I have an elegant conversation every evening. We sit together looking out a window or sitting on a porch. We hold hands and start with gratitude for each other. One of the conversations I often initiate with...
Oct
14
2022
I recently visited Oklahoma to support my daughter Ari who was playing Margo in Bright Star the musical. While I was there, I sat in a chair my dad had sat in five years earlier. We rented the same Airbnb from...
Oct
13
2022
Dad and I often discussed energy. Navigating cancer requires tremendous energy expenditures, which results in less energy for other aspects of life. I would email Dad sometimes and he would respond, “Beloved daughter, I want to have energy for...
Oct
12
2022
Dad wanted to be wise about tendencies to make the wrong response in crisis. He believed becoming wise about how we handle stress and crisis is an important consideration, especially if there is trauma in the family history. Dad...
Oct
11
2022
Jesus always touches me. I am reading about His interaction with the Pharisees and the woman caught in adultery. He takes a woman who had done wrong. She was morally guilty, and He showed her forgiveness. He takes a...
