peacefulones

Writers moan about being blocked. About words vanishing as they think about what to capture on the screen or paper. About the empty-head s...

T'is the last day of 2012. Time to look back through the journal to see what progress or what weaknesses lie exposed. Do you review th...

Today's the weekday American Christians normally call a day of rest. Except that most of us go-go-go-full-steam ahead after church. We...

"Do you ever rest?" my sis asks me. The simple answer is yes. Deeply, deliberately, and defensively. After each big event (wheth...

Sundays are my day off from studies. We headed for church this morning, talking in W's class about the nature of God as community (Trini...

I love the desert's sunshine on sage grasses, violet shadows, and its heat. We just spent three days in Winthrop, ensconced in a luxury ...