short musings and podcast transcripts
One early morning in a 1970s summer, I woke before my sisters and went for a bike ride. Bike rides were a many-a-day occurrence in our seventies’ summers, but we tended to ride in packs, to someone’s house to play, then to the corner store to buy grape hubba bubba gum, then home again. On…
Note: I read this letter and played these clips for my Confirmation students tonight. It’s a good reminder of how big our lives actually are, so I’m sharing it with you, too. Dear You, The Narnia series of books was written by C.S. Lewis in the 1950s as an allegory, or metaphor, of the Christian…
Beautiful. Amazing. Impressive. These are words my yoga teacher routinely used during our practice today. Part of me wanted to believe she was talking about me, though I probably didn’t deserve it. Part of me thinks she uses these words routinely because she is an inherently encouraging person. Regardless, whenever she says something positive, I…