300 words a day

(A few years ago, I led a graveside service for a woman who had just died of complications from Alzheimer’s. Because yesterday was Pentecost Sunday, and because I often tell this story in hospital rooms, I thought it worth sharing again.) More than I ever have, as I reflected on Romans 8 this week, I […]

I am easily distracted. The less sleep I have the more distracted I am. The more coffee I have, the more distracted I am. The less coffee I have, the more distracted I am. The more food I eat for lunch, the more distracted I am. The less protein I have in the morning, the […]

Sitting in traffic, the word for this post came to me without even having to ask Nancy. Stuck. I was on a short drive across town to Aldi to replace the dates we had given to someone to give a neighbor for Ramadan.But there was construction and people waiting to merge. And the short drive […]

The kid on the right graduates from high school this year. His brother will graduate next year. We meet them a decade ago this month. Back then, a year or two into social media, I wouldn’t have guessed how much my life would be changed by relationships with internet friends. Laughter and heartbreak and inspiration […]