The bottom of a peanut butter jar evokes a spiritual moment for me. The scrape of the knife against the sides takes me back to summer days in Xenia, Ohio. I was seven years old and staying next door with my grandparents while my mother finished the needed hours for her teaching degreeContinue reading “ABUNDANCE IN AN EMPTY JAR”
Category Archives: hope
October Light
I love the golden hue of October light, the patina of an aging year. The glow seems heavy as though the late morning sunlight is swimming against the tide of time. I understand. My life force feels the same resistance in my aging bones. Still, many say that fall is their favorite time of year. Continue reading “October Light”
Holy Saturday
Everything is made more meaningful in this world by pause. Think of it. Mark Twain wrote a whole essay about the importance of the pause in story telling. And then he practiced it in his writing. We use the phrase “great comic timing” to praise a comedian who puts in an effective pause at justContinue reading “Holy Saturday”
In it for the Long Run 