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The chanterelle mushrooms are abundant right now. Unlike most other living things, they really shine when torrential rain mixes with oppressive heat and humidity. These are not only edible, but they are packed with beneficial nutrients, and have bee
“We have to be braver than we think we can be, because God is constantly calling us to be more than we are, to see through plastic sham to living breathing reality.” . #madeleinelengle #walkingonwater #whatimreading #writerlife #creatorli
In the outskirts of Boston where I was raised, August was a month that you clung to. And I can still remember that inner urge to dig my heels in and push back against time as we rounded the bend towards September, knowing that soon the warmth and lig
Who are the authors who have impacted you most? . For me it’s Wendell Berry, Madeline L’Engle, Dallas Willard, James K.A. Smith, Phyllis Tickle, Parker Palmer... . . . #bookstack #readinglife #spiritualformation #amreading
They are logging the land two lots over right now.  Word on the streets is that next they plan to pump the gravel... Just to make sure they do their full part in tapping the whole place dry. . This is kind of thing the fires my kettle right up,
Maybe some stories are a bit like flowers, as my post yesterday suggested. At least the beautiful ones that we feel inclined to preserve. . But what about the stories that don’t seem to have anything lovely about them at all? Stories similar to
Why return to our old stories? . One reason is that our stories can be a bit like flowers. Some arranged as the centerpiece of our lives for a while - our minds presenting them in such a way that it’s impossible to do anything without catching
The weeds got the best of me this summer guys. They crept in while we were on vacation and have spread with fervor each day since. I’ve spent hours out there trying to bring back some sort of order, but once things have gone this far off the ra
A decade or so ago my friend @kaitycimo explained the concept of minimalism to me summing it up with this phrase, better fewer. . At the time I was still believed that abundance was a numeric analysis and would often go to stores to buy cheap shirts