Are you known for something you bake or cook? I know a lot of people who have a signature item – homemade coffee cake, cinnamon rolls, caramel brownies, t...
Author: Shannon Weisenfels
In the office of our elementary school hangs this sign: “The best teachers are those who show you where to look but don’t tell you what to see.̶...
Today’s post comes from my friend Marie. Marie and “Old Blue Eyes” are just about the kindest people you could ever meet. Marie has not had th...
My dad would have turned 80 years old this Thursday. I went to an 80th birthday celebration for a dear friend over the weekend, and there was a moment that I re...
Today’s guest poster wishes to remain anonymous which is always a fair choice. I loved her response about judging at face value in part because I got to k...
It happened again. The ushers hesitantly offered palms to children. The choir processed with fronds neatly tucked under their music. The children in the process...
Today my friend Emily Tilsen shares her thoughts on a time she’s been in a hurry. You don’t have to know Emily very long to know that she’s ...
“You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life, for hurry is the great enemy of spiritual life in our world today.” Dallas Willard “Hurr...
I had a few hours alone in the car yesterday, and I’m cramming for book club tomorrow night so I listened to Liane Moriarty’s What Alice Forgot to ...
In my faith tradition, we are in the season of Lent. A season when we remember the self-denial of Jesus who fasted for 40 days and 40 nights and resisted tempta...