"When you hit the Big Kahuna, Dig In, Paddle Harder" That is what Shane, our cute, shaggy-haired, sun-crusted adventure river guide screamed from the stern of our raft as we entered the Class 4 rapid called the Big Kahuna on the Snake River in Jackson Hole, Wyoming this summer. This was
Continue ReadingWalk as if you are kissing the earth with your feet. I almost chuckle at the thought. How does one kiss the earth with their feet? If anyone could do it, it would certainly be the gentle monk, Thich Nhat Hanh. It is his very way of life. Me on
Continue ReadingKintsugi is the ancient Japanese art of repairing broken porcelain with gold lacquer. It is said to have originated in the late 15th century when the Japanese Emperor sent his damaged pottery back to China to be repaired. He ordered it not to be mended with the traditional
Continue Reading"What if you woke up tomorrow and everything that you forgot to thank God for the day before was taken away." This is my Birthday week! And unlike most who fret, ignore, or lament their birthday
Continue ReadingEvery summer of my childhood my family would load up in the Suburban (six kids, two adults, often a dog, fish, or cat (Oreo had six kittens under my sisters bed one summer!), trunks full of clothes, and a bag full of jelly bellies and head to the South Carolina
Continue Reading“At the center of our being is a point of nothingness which is untouched by sin and by illusion, a point of pure truth, a point or spark which belongs entirely to God. … It is the pure glory of God in us.” -Thomas Merton Isn't it great to know
Continue ReadingTake a look at this picture. This is a wise beyond her years six year old who has more courage, resilience, and "living hope" in her small frame than most of us could muster in an entire lifetime. Meet Mae! Not once, but twice she has taken on cancer, two grueling years
Continue ReadingI can remember in my Junior Tennis days running what was surely my 50th suicide drill on the tennis court, and hearing my coach yelling those words across the court, "no pain, no gain." I didn't like the phrase then (or the suicide drills) and I surely don't like it
Continue ReadingThis past Holy Week, Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris celebrated its 850th Birthday. To commemorate this special occasion, the Cathedral was gifted with a new set of bells. On Palm Sunday the bridges and gardens around the Cathedral overflowed with people to hear the first ringing of the Cathedral's new
Continue ReadingWelcome to Holy Week! I wish I could say it's all pastel-hued easter eggs, bunny tails, and Cadbury eggs from here. But that's not reality. That's not how the story was written. That's not how our story is being written. Part of being human is finding oneself on the edge
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