On Digital Minimalism, Coons, and Lent

On Digital Minimalism, Coons, and Lent

‘As Paul Tillich put it, suffering introduces you to yourself and reminds you that you are not the person you thought you were.’ David Brooks Lent began on Wednesday, and I am in the habit of letting go of something that distracts me from more important...
Crossing the Date Line

Crossing the Date Line

“The reality of death has come upon us and a consciousness of the power of God has broken our complacency like a bullet in the side. A sense of the dramatic, of the tragic, of the infinite, has descended upon us, filling us with grief, but even above grief, wonder.”...
Tireless Messenger

Tireless Messenger

To try to be brave is to be brave.” George MacDonald Today we are outside on our driveway blowing bubbles. It’s only May, and the leaves are freshly born and green, but already, now that they are here, they are foreboding of fall. I am safest in March,...
Driving to the Airport

Driving to the Airport

“I discovered that in every end a new beginning lies hidden. It will find you if you look for it. Don’t lose heart!”  Jürgen Moltmann On the way here I am thinking- is this how you felt? This awful, unnatural feeling of separation- as you drove to...