As we continue our visual journey through Epiphany, I invite you this week to celebrate the first light of the day. Share your pictures...

Special thanks to our guest blogger Shawn Smith. Shawn is a Spiritual director, worship leader, musician, and photographer. He is a...

Epiphany is a season of light, but sometimes, we can get overwhelmed by the darkness of the short days, or by the despair and...

I wonder how God might change us in these five minutes a day.

I also hope that you will join me this Epiphany in noticing, following, and rejoicing.

As we prepared to close one year and begin a new one, I took some time to look back through my calendar and recall the events of the...

I also learn to name my own emotions and experiences in the way of the poetry of the psalms.

I realize that it is far easier to engage in transactional giving rather than the relational commitment which love requires

As we explore the ways that we can learn again to experience our feelings this Advent, the practice of journaling requires the least...

This Advent brings a longing to feel, but how might we accept this invitation?

As we consider ways of cultivating community, these rules offer a means of turning diverse views into opportunities for growth and learning

It speaks a great deal about our culture and the human condition that we need a specific day set aside to give thanks. We are hard wired...

This week at tables across the country friends and families will gather to celebrate Thanksgiving. Whether we gather with large extended...

I often wish that spirituality followed a market economy system. That is, I wish that if I worked hard and did the right things, I would...

I admit it. I sometimes cry watching Hallmark movies. Even though they are sappy and predictable, there is often something in the story...

Art has a way of inviting us into new ways of seeing.

Last week we looked at the ways we can notice the nice around us. This week, we will look at how we can respond to the nice by saying...

As the Thanksgiving holidays approach there are certain unwritten expectations in our home. A puzzle will be on the table, the parade on...

This year, we planted sweet potatoes. In early June, we placed the five small slips in a raised bed. The small plants seemed dwarfed by...

Spiritual waiting often feels like a time of failure, a time when I should be doing something more or different or better