To build and strengthen the bridges that allow us to cross the chasms or dark waters of life
"A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones." - Proverbs 14:30 Envy is rarely presented as a positive attribute. Rarely? Ok, possibly NEVER. Yet, envy is precisely what enabled me to go from reading maybe a handful of books (even that's probably exaggerating a bit) each year to reading …
Where were you on New Year's Eve 2022-2023? I was on a cruise ship, a place I'd never dreamed of being when I watched the ball drop from 2021-2022! I traveled with a friend and, as the new year approached, we reflected on what went well in 2022, what we wished had been better, and …
Hi there! Miss me? I had a work thing...and then a vacation...and then the return from vacation that sometimes seems more work so we might be tempted to NOT take a vacation BECAUSE we of the uncomfortable feeling of "falling behind." Behind what? For how long? Why falling? Or is it the sense of falling? …
Say what!?! You may already know my name. You may not know that I am an E7: which stands for Enneagram 7 - The Adventurer/Enthusiast. (If you're curious what your Enneagram type may be, you can take an Enneagram "test" here for free.) For those of you who know me, the "Enthusiast" title may not …
A number of years ago, for my birthday I asked people to post suggestions on social media of things for me to try doing in recognition of the new decade. Skydiving, foreign travel, and sampling exotic or unusual foods were all suggested. However, the only suggestion that still stands out in my mind was the …
Lately, I've been thinking a lot about the "armor" we metaphorically put on for protection. For some of us, it's become such a part of who we are that we don't even realize we're wearing it and end up never taking it off. My mother used to say, "You don't put a horse in the …
It's the (mostly) unspoken question that lingers under the surface as I've been telling people that I've returned to writing. In fact, the support received last week in response to my writing publicly again was incredible...overwhelming even. Exactly the kind of "feel good" moment so many people crave. Yet, the satisfaction of that particular craving …
The dictionary defines "biannual" as 1) occurring twice per year or 2) occurring every two years. Honestly, I never set out for either to be true. However, looking over the last few entries, either definition is fitting...and neither of them are suitable to me. There was a time when I wrote online daily. Now, my …
Mint, dill, and cumin "Woe to you........................! For you tithe mint, dill, & cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. It is these you ought to have practiced without neglecting the others."Matthew 23:23 NRSV Jesus' words are incredibly striking, in light of everything going on in the …
Greetings, my Friends! Two years is a long time to be absent. (Did you miss me? I missed you.) So much has happened in the two years since my last post from Israel! So many bridges crossed and new paths discovered. Graduation from seminary. A cross-country move from Washington, DC to Waco, TX for my first …
"Krafting" a Bridge 