by Joanne Dehmer | Sep 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
by Joanne Dehmer SSND In the summer sun and an early darkening sky, I sit at the edge of a lake reflecting on the meaning of these months of 2018. It has been a time of surrender, surrender to the unknown. In January after experiencing extreme tiredness for too long a...
by Carolyn Kolovitz | Aug 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
by Carolyn Kolovitz Those of us who grew up pre-internet understand the world is much bigger than it seems online. My first glimpse into the vastness of place and possibility happened when I was small and trapped in the front seat of a pickup truck with my mom, dad...
by Karen Treat | Aug 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
by Karen Treat The king was deeply moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept; and as he went, he said, “O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!” 2 Samuel 18:33 I have to wonder...
by Kristen Kidder | Jun 29, 2018 | Uncategorized
Recommended by Susanna Bertelsen: Staying Sharp: 9 Keys for a youthful brain through modern science and ageless wisdom by Henry Emmons and David Alter Recommended by Melissa Borgmann-Kiemde: Stir: My Broken Brain and the Meals That Brought Me Home by Jessica Fechtor...
by Mary Noble Garcia | Jun 29, 2018 | Uncategorized
by Mary Noble Garcia “The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.” —Frederick...
by JoAnn Campbell-Rice | Jun 8, 2018 | Uncategorized
By JoAnn Campbell-Rice I recently experienced an object lesson in empathy. One afternoon a directee squinted into the sun as she sat down, and as I adjusted the blinds, it occurred to me I could rearrange the furniture so that she didn’t have to face the window. I’d...
