Relax, Laugh, Grow

I received the most splendid invitation in the mail the other day.  I was so astounded, so touched, that I sat there looking at it for a good half hour.  Joy and expectation welled up in me, and well, I don’t know, I thought if I could bottle up how I was feeling right then, […]

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I Want

“I want to give myself utterly as this maple that burned and burned for three days without stinting and then in two more dropped off every leaf…” excerpt from Jane Hirshfield’s “Lake and Maple” “I want to know if you belong or feel abandoned. If you know despair or can see it in others. I […]

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The Coen Brothers’ Latest

We saw A Serious Man last night.  As we were exiting the theater, Dan said, “I saw you look at your watch halfway through.  What’d you think?” Yep.  Looking at my watch is my personal kiss-of-death.  It means I’m wondering how much longer I have to suffer. Let’s see.  Where to start? A woman in […]

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Inner Landscape of Beauty

I had to get out of the house yesterday afternoon, so I walked the dirt roads near our house and listened to Speaking of Faith’s September 17, 2009 podcast “The Inner Landscape of Beauty.”  [Click on the interview title to read the entire interview.]  Krista Tippett’s guest was Irish poet and philosopher John O’Donohue, author […]

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We’re All In This Together

“To feel the love of people whom we love is a fire that feeds our life.  But to feel the affection that comes from those whom we do not know, from those unknown to us, who are watching over our sleep and solitude, over our dangers and our weaknesses–that is something still greater and more […]

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