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Re-entry
The thought of returning to “normal” life sounds GREAT and yet, I find myself nervous to get back to the things I love and miss. Broadway shows. Live races. Padres games. Book club. Women’s events. I want to be able to enjoy all these things and still there is a part of me that wonders…
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Learning from Disconnection
Fasting from social media has been eye opening and difficult. Realizing all my news and updates came from the one thing I was giving up for Lent left me feeling outside all alone. Is there a place for connection outside the internet in 2021? In the disconnection there is surprising freedom with letting go of…
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A Note on Sabbath
“Are you weary, carrying a heavy burden? Come to me. I will refresh your life, for I am your oasis. Simply join your life with mine. Learn my ways and you’ll discover that I’m gentle, humble, easy to please. You will find refreshment and rest in me. For all that I require of you will…
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Creative Curiosity
The constant noise of work and the world was the theme of last year. In a year when everyone complained about being stuck at home I still trudged through work with disdain and frustration. Limping into the new year yearning for change, a sabbatical or something to shift the chaos of my life work unbalance.…
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Waking to Awareness
In the quiet of Lent I thought I would have an epiphany or revelation; instead all my coping mechanisms have been magnified. When I am bored, angry or frustrated and want to numb out I grab for my phone. Since I began fasting social media I have noticed I am now grabbing for food or…
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Diversify Your Knocking
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.”Matthew 7:7-8 NIV For years I knocked on one particular door patiently waiting…
