A Reflection on Grief, Light, and Making Room for What’s Real Our culture tells us this is supposed to be “the most wonderful time of the year,” but that has never been the whole truth. …
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Honoring the Fullness of the Holidays
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Living with Intention: Connecting with what Matters
Lately, I’ve been thinking about what it means to live with intention. Often, intentional living is talked about in terms of striving to be better, improving, mastering this thing we call life. If you’re not …
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Ripples of Generosity
Generosity isn’t just a nice idea. It’s a quiet, transformative experience that often shows up when we least expect it. In a world that pushes us to armor up and mask our vulnerabilities, generosity asks …
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Holding the Thread
“The only constant in life is change.” Those words, spoken by Heraclitus more than two thousand years ago, still ring true today. Change is part of being human. Sometimes we choose it. Sometimes it chooses …
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Reflections on Forgiveness
Hurts come in all shapes and sizes. In fact, we all endure small hurts almost on a daily basis. We’re cut off in traffic. A friend doesn’t return our call. Our partner eats the last …
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Hope: Not Just Wishful Thinking
Hope: A feeling of expectation or desire for a thing to happen. Hope: To place a trust. Hope: To wait for or look for something or someone. Hope: The light at the end of the …
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Radical Optimism in Tough Times
The past few weeks have been really tough for many people living in the United States. What we thought we knew of our democracy is being ripped away piece by piece. And this isn’t just …
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We All Have Scars
A few years ago, my German Shepherd crashed into my knee while chasing a ball that took the unfortunate path of rolling between my legs. The blow itself was bad enough but when I looked …
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Human Need to Belong
I’ve recently become acquainted with the poetry of Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer. Her work is deeply moving and liminal. She is helping me look at this uncertain world in a new way. Lately her poem Belonging …
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What is Your Art?
Creativity is the tendency to generate or recognize ideas, alternatives, or possibilities that may be useful in solving problems, communicating, and entertaining ourselves and others. ~ Robert E. Franken in “Human Motivation” When I was …
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