a poem for christmas

a poem for christmas

thanksgiving and christmas, new year’s eve and new year’s day, all arriving in this sudden segment of life, on days concluding school terms or days beginning fresh times as the calendars and clocks carried in our hands carry us, drag us, as we breathe, barely,...
A Few Questions

A Few Questions

What if we stopped allowing competition  rob us of true community? What if we stopped allowing comparison take away many healthy relationships? What am I doing to make that happen? How am I changing instead of just complaining about how others should change? How...
Music and Memory

Music and Memory

Music and memory can be friends. What are your favorite songs? Why do you like them? What are the songs which best describe your own underwater story? Why did you select those songs? What part of the song brings tears? What part brings laughter? What part brings hope?...
Wild Ideas for 2018

Wild Ideas for 2018

– Seek to pause and find a healthy balance of hi-touch community in our hi-tech world. – Refuse to do life alone. – Study the life of one biblical character. – Seek to discover more about his or her life. – Think of how you can apply what...
Poetry and Words

Poetry and Words

I’m thankful today for poetry. The imagery. The rhythm. The sounds. The lines. Reading it, today. Hearing it, now. Daring my damaged brain to imagine, to dream, to notice. Luring my loving heart toward care again. Today. This morning. Now. Words open readers’ minds to...