This is our ragged, fleshly life: tragedy and grief in the middle of our existence, bookended at both sides by delightful joy and felicity. We encounter the deepest delight, followed by profound heartbreak, and [...]
“These irises have grown in the soil here for 30 years,” she explained as I wandered the library garden. A quick stop at the library to return late materials turned into a moment of [...]
On living with open hands The great spiritual task facing me is to so fully trust that I belong to God that I can be free in the world — free to speak even [...]
I don’t know what you need right now to make it through this next week. Maybe it’s taking an hour and wandering a new trail, a quiet spot where you can see Pikes Peak [...]
This is the time of year the hard work of teaching provides small dividends — students staying after class to talk about college plans, dreams, and ideas. Yesterday provided opportunity for bravery in Creative [...]
Ranger knows — tulips and poetry nourish my soul. I read a poem for Poem in Your Pocket Day and he grinned. Ranger notices lovely variations of colorful streaks on each petal and silently [...]
Being authentic and living fully and genuinely are all vital for my well-being. I feel events and situations deeply and often assign those emotions to my sense of self-acceptance. This is not always the [...]
Alack, alack! A plague has ruined the Montague and Capulet families, sworn enemies at the start — in the end to quarrel no more. My 9th graders are finishing reading Romeo and Juliet and [...]
Spring is tightly wound and about to unfurl. My lilac bush nearly bloomed without my notice. Within one month, spiral petals will spin; bees will hum among brown branches soon thick with broad leaves. [...]
Sometimes on lunchtime walks I just walk and other times I think of all the hours I’ve spent here — the proverbial “here” — a ball field, and memories made, friendships found in camaraderie, [...]
