Every once in a while, I like to share newly found quotes that I’ve recently written into my journal. Their subjects are wide-ranging, but they’ve somehow managed to speak to me. Quotes work the same way poems do, I think. They’re succinct, wise, and somehow offer up a fresh way of looking at things. They […]
Choosing. Really? Seriously?
This story just made me sad. Christian musician Jennifer Knapp took a seven-year hiatus from work because she was exhausted and felt like she needed to figure things out. She felt like she couldn’t be gay and be a Christian. To me, this would be equivalent of all of us saying we can’t be obese […]
Momma Zen Does It Again
In January, while the cold wintry winds blew the snow into higher mounds outside, I holed up in a local coffee shop and read an advance copy of Karen Maezen Miller’s new book Hand Wash Cold: Care Instructions for an Ordinary Life. I didn’t know what to expect, except as most of you know by […]