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September 2011

September 17, 2011

Continuing the conversation in DC…

My sister and I haven't spent one-on-one time together since we were kids until this...

September 05, 2011

A Labor Day prayer

Creator of all, before the words that transformed work into a a curse, you gave...

July 2011

July 20, 2011

At The Table: A Reading For Two Voices

Once upon a time, I used to write a lot of readings for use during...

July 13, 2011

Trying to look on the sunny side

"My husband reads your blog, and he commented that you seem to have a lot...

July 08, 2011

The electric fence

"I'm wondering if you and your husband have run into issues of sexual sin among...

July 01, 2011

Country music words quiz

I've avoided the genre like smallpox, but in recent years, a few crossover hits have...

June 2011

June 30, 2011

Spiritual narcissism

Yesterday while I was playing hooky, I headed to WI for a quick visit with...

June 22, 2011

Review: Story Engineering

Toward the end of his life, King Solomon famously noted, "Of making many books there...

June 18, 2011

Building a bridge from here to There – part 3

Transitions are the bridges from here to There in written and verbal communication. In part...

June 12, 2011

Building a bridge from here to There – Part 2

My last post was a five-minute intro on the importance of transitions in communication. (Click...

June 08, 2011

Building a bridge from here to There

Once upon a time, there was a little girl who lived in a village near...

June 06, 2011

Review: Love You More

Adoption has shaped my life in ways both beautiful and heartbreaking.We were foster parents with...

May 2011

May 31, 2011

When I was a kid, I used to tuck a small transistor radio under my...

May 27, 2011

Born this way?

Sometimes a single idea will anchor itself in your frontal lobe and won't release itself...

May 17, 2011

Shalom (as in “good bye”) Israel

We arrived safe and sound in Round Lake after 11:00 p.m. last night, and jet...

May 14, 2011

One more wee update

Woke up this morning to the sound of pigeons discussing the rain. I saw the...

May 09, 2011

Another Jerusalem update

Bill arrived in Jerusalem on Saturday afternoon, and after a meal and a short nap,...

May 04, 2011

Midweek update from Jerusalem

Some have asked how this week's news about Osama bin Laden has impacted life in...

May 01, 2011

Jam-packed 24 hours/Day 1

I've been here in Jerusalem for 24 hours or so, and here's what I've experienced...

April 2011

April 26, 2011

Oprah’s worst-dressed audience member

You're probably aware that Oprah is broadcasting the final few shows of her program's last...

April 21, 2011

Watch and pray

The disciples experienced all kinds of amazing weeks with Jesus, but none of them were...

April 16, 2011

Sunrise, sunset

When I got married, my parents walked me up the aisle to the song Sunrise,...

April 11, 2011

Sur la table

Last weekend, my dear friend Meg and I facilitated a directed silent retreat. One of...

April 05, 2011

This is what happens when I search for free books…

So I finally broke down and bought a Kindle. I'd been resisting the purchase because...

March 2011

March 27, 2011

When not praying is prayer

Author Margaret Feinberg has been blogging during this season of Lent about what she's given...

March 19, 2011

Looking in the mirror at high noon

I had one of those slap-upside-the-head Bible reading moments a couple of days ago. The...

March 14, 2011

Not what you think it means

A few posts ago, I reviewed a book about Communion. I just received another volume...

March 09, 2011

What’s that dirt on your head?

Though Lent is a somber forty-day period of the Christian year given to fasting, reflection...

March 06, 2011

Book review: The Sacred Meal

A few weeks ago, I reviewed a book about spiritual pilgrimage from Thomas Nelson's Ancient...

February 2011

February 26, 2011

February newsletter

A devotional, an invitation, a contest and an update - here are highlights of my...