Last night we drove into Tacoma, which is conveniently close at hand, to the campus of Pacific Lutheran University, for the final concert...

We have a tradition of giving the newly born in our family a jack-in-the-box for their first Christmas. We’ve found them with clowns and...

Recently we decided to take a big leap of faith. Literally. We packed up our lives and put them in storage (okay, our belongings),...

There is a theological understanding of humanity as co-creators with God. Together with God we create life. Human life through the...

It’s hard to imagine that libraries and classic books are actually under attack in this country these days. Some of my fondest and...

We’ve had such an interesting last month or so. Engaging in the actual task of dis-engaging from place and work and people and embarking...

Today I am thankful for birth-days. And new life. And babies. I'll have more to share about that in the days ahead, but just now, it is...

“Rest and laughter are the most spiritual and subversive acts of all. Laugh, rest, slow down.” -Anne Lamott This morning we got up, at...

Somehow, I’ve gotten behind/lost/twisted in my daily offerings of gratitude. This annual Eastertide practice has been complicated by...

At the last minute we decided to spend this afternoon/overnight at a spot we’d long thought looked like fun. The Vintages, in Dayton OR,...

Today it felt as though we turned a corner, literally and figuratively, when we landed in Mt. Shasta, California. Located not far from...

We stopped for the day in Monterey, California, which is a new city for both of us. Our mid-afternoon arrival meant that we could check...

What are you afraid of? I'm afraid of vampires, in particular Barnabas Collins of Dark Shadows...or at least I was as a young child. ...

Fifty Days of Gratitude: Eastertide 2023 The Feast of the Resurrection 4.9.2023 Every year, as a spiritual discipline, I embark on a...

I missed posting anything last week because, well, because I was juggling the myriad of emotions that come with leaving a place of...

This morning when we awoke, winter was breathing her last icy breaths....the chill of fog appearing with each exhale. And, then, just...

We are in the beautiful, rainy Pacific Northwest for our son and daughter in love's baby shower. Our first grandchild is due at the end...