There is nothing like giving or receiving a gift that makes the soul smile! Following are a couple of thoughtful Christmas gifts that promise to nurture the mind, body, and spirit of those we love! This is probably the coolest gift I received this Christmas! Nashville's famous
Continue ReadingSome years we need Christmas as if our whole life depended on it. Maybe this has been a challenging year in mind, body and spirit, more dark days than light. Maybe you do your best to conceal it but underneath you are lonely, afraid, and
Continue ReadingThe curtain opens to reveal a young maiden dressed in a crisp white shift with a pale blue head covering. Her cheeks are flushed, her eyes held in rapt attention at the winged figure standing before her. The audience holds its breath. They are witnessing
Continue Reading"There is a hunger beyond food that's expressed in food, and that's why feeding is always a kind of miracle."* Did you know that Americans will consume over 51 million turkeys, 2.4 billion pounds of sweet potatoes, and 7.5 million barrels of cranberries this Thanksgiving? And yet,
Continue ReadingI have always tried my best to find joy in the small things! When life challenges, this can be difficult, but even the more necessary! It's the "mini-joys" that have this mysterious way of turning a frown upside down, elevating the ordinary, and sprinkling a little
Continue ReadingDisappointment is inevitable, unavoidable, and the price of being human. It shakes the very grounding of our being. Parent, child, spouse, friend, work colleague, the person that sits one pew ahead in church, even the stranger has the power to distort the view. And one is assured the
Continue Reading"We rejoice in our sufferings knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope. And hope does not disappoint." -Letter to the Romans Part of what we are called to do here on earth is to endure. And if we have the
Continue ReadingThis is a go to recipe at the Mason house. Muffin was the second word after mama that came out of my son Percy's mouth! I buy the bananas on Sunday and they sit in the window until "mashing" the following Saturday morning. The more
Continue ReadingWouldn't you just love to know what books are living on people's bedside tables?! Not only for good ideas for the next trip to Parnassus Bookshop but also because it would allow us a peak into their life! Usually what we are reading says a
Continue ReadingThis Summer I was jogging alongside the Snake River in Wyoming. I passed an aging cowboy, his worn boots propped up on a split log, a smoking pipe dangling from his chin, and a steaming cup of joe by his side. I thought I heard
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