I literally dream about this yummy green curry soup from a favorite restaurant in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. It arrives to the table, an aromatic emerald green broth in a large white pottery bowl, perfectly spiced and loaded with fresh herbs and a slice of lime.
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Lent is an invitation to close the distance; the distance between who you are and who you know you can be; close the distance between your material and spiritual reality and loyalties; close the distance between your heart and God. There is life to be
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Do you believe that God is active in the world today? Even intervening with supernatural results at times? One time I left a hospital room with the first words of a eulogy in my mind, only to receive a call the next morning that the
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New experiences really feed my soul.
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"Are you feeling the "Winter Blues?" It is to be expected in the doldrums of winter with shorter, darker days, frigid temperatures, and the absence of the sun (She's basking in the southern hemisphere!). There is a clinical diagnosis for our condition: Seasonal Affective Disorder
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I enjoy the challenge of a Word Scramble. You know, those word puzzles where the letters to a word are scrambled on the page. The word reads gibberish. Take for example: TIHFA. To solve this "scramble" I have to believe a real word can be
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I was at a lecture on the Lord's Prayer given by nationally-renowned New Testament Scholar and Vanderbilt Divinity School professor Amy Jill Levine. She said the gestalt of Jesus's prayer is to live as if you have one more day before you die. Jesus is
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Merry Christmas and welcome to my very first Soulful 7 Conversations "Christmas Edition." Wherever you are in heart, mind and spirit this Christmas season, I promise this conversation will give you a nudge of hope. It is my pleasure to introduce you to my colleague,
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The story God is writing with our lives consistently leaves me stumped. Sometimes it makes no logical sense. It feels unjust. How could the hero die half-way through the story? As Paul says, we see through the mirror dimly here. Corrie Ten Boom, in her
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I cannot believe we are less than three weeks away from Christmas! I love picking out thoughtful gifts for the people I love! There is something in the list for everyone! Merry! Merry!
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