TUESDAY NOV 26 -- On my Camino walk, I’ve been carrying Howard Thurman’s reminder, “There must be always remaining in every life, some place for the singing of angels, some place for that which in itself is breathlessly beautiful.”And yes,…
TUESDAY NOV 19 -- Walking gives your mind time and space.To wander and mull and ponder.And evaluate, and then re-evaluate.I’m walking, but gratefully my heart and spirit are “walking” too. That's the gift of a pilgrimage. It invites (and allows) us to…
TUESDAY NOV 12 -- There are two places we need to go often.A place that heals you.And a place that inspires you.Both places embrace the permission (the invitation) to show up. To this life. To this day. To be here…
TUESDAY NOV 5 -- Sometimes it is easy to forget that every single one of us can make a difference in our world.And the choices we do make, do matter.As the farmer told his neighbor, "Well, that may be true…
TUESDAY OCT 29 -- This week we remember the little girl who gave her father a gift, which he assumed was an empty box. And remembering her words, looking up at her father, with tears on her face, "But Daddy,…
TUESDAY OCT 22 -- This week, we are learning to practice Rabbi Eizik’s wisdom, that “the place where this treasure can be found is the place on which one stands.” (Martin Buber)That all sounds well and good, but sometimes where…
TUESDAY OCT 15 -- This week: what do we do when we feel threatened (undone) by uncertainty?When we feel undefended and vulnerable?When, like the farmer, we put our arms up to welcome the animals into our world, only to be…
TUESDAY OCT 8 -- This week, sleeping in the storm. The gift and empowerment--alive and well inside us--of being able to rise above the noise.And here's the deal: If we don't bring this gift with us, we're not going to…
WEDNESDAY OCT 3 -- This week, the power in Sanctuary. The power of spaces and places of replenishment and renewal and healing. I am writing this in an area of North Carolina that has been pummeled and in places devastated…
TUESDAY SEPT 24 -- “God spoke today in flowers, and I, who was waiting on words, almost missed the conversation.” (Ingrid Goff-Maidoff)Yes. And this week we remember, that all the while we are looking for a revelation or a fix,…