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...

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.̶...

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...

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...

“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...

Gray mist hung over the interstate as I sat behind the wheel of our even grayer truck in a pink sweatshirt with sequins and gray jeans, to match the mist. The g...

Today’s post takes us to another place special to me, Mo Ranch. The views there are breathtaking. The ranch is literally in the heart of Texas, and so mu...

“Who taught you to float on your back in the water?” This question rekindled my childhood dream to pick up a pen and write. Barbara Brown Taylor ask...