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March 2019

March 09, 2019

Practicing Spring While It’s Still Winter

The literal meaning of Lent is "springtime," a fact I was reminded of this...

March 02, 2019

Leaning in to the Ache of Waiting

This winter seems to be following the pattern of the previous two: in December...

February 2019

February 23, 2019

Why I Sort Of Hate That Famous Poem

It isn't the poem's fault. It isn't the poet's fault, either. But the same...

February 19, 2019

Why Moving Forward Requires Turning Back

Time feels like an arrow, released fast and straight and always forward. Time is...

February 12, 2019

Why We Should Pray For Snow on a Snow Day

The problem with naming this column "Cultivating Glory" is that we can't rush cultivation, even...

February 09, 2019

How to Embrace a Sick Day

First. don't fight it. I know that can be hard to do. My first...

February 05, 2019

Practicing Subtraction (In a World That Loves Addition)

As a gardener, I am currently in a season of subtraction. * We moved...

January 2019

January 29, 2019

The Life-Changing Practice of Paying Attention

Anyone who ever stood, flummoxed, in the lightbulb aisle of a hardware store knows...

January 26, 2019

Let’s Practice Procrastination

We are used to thinking of summer days as the lazy ones. Heat presses us...

January 22, 2019

My Favorite Things For January

Deepest winter has finally blown in to our little corner of Pennsylvania. I had...

January 19, 2019

The Quiet Promise Of This New Year

I've now sat for five minutes watching a cursor blink its black bar on an...