Listening to Speaking of Faith’s podcast–“Exodus, Cargo of Hidden Stories”–the other night, I loved a particular segment on the issue of asking questions. Certainly, the Passover Seder encourages questions. Younger children ask about the roasted egg…the bitter herbs…the chopped apples and nuts–why are they there? As the children mature, they ask different…and harder questions. Here, […]
What Do You Want Your Child To Be?
“Happy!” is usually the resounding answer. Christine Carter’s short article “How to Raise Happy Kids” in the Huffington Post gives three deceptively simple tips. [The article is to highlight her book Raising Happiness: 10 Simple Steps for More Joyful Kids and Happier Parents.] One of which is praising a child appropriately. This is one thing […]
To Be Remembered
College was a stressful, lonely time for me, mainly because of financial worries. I never knew if I would have enough money to cover the next quarter’s payments…or rent…or food. In fact, I was on the UCLA crew team (the rowing team, for those of you not familiar with that term), which consisted of three- […]
The Gods Aren’t Angry
To all you lovely friends of mine in the greater Minneapolis/St. Paul area: You are invited to Eve’s paperback launch party at The Bookcase in Wayzata, tomorrow night (Tuesday night, Feb. 2nd), at 7 pm. I will do a short reading, then you can ask all your burning questions. Anything goes. Yep. I know. You […]
Love Is All You Need
Years ago, my sister Worthy gave me a card that said something along the lines of, “We can sit around all day, not talking, and I still feel like I’ve had the best conversation.” Has that ever happened to you? Do you know when you’re in the presence of love, acceptance, and peace? The experience […]