Summer brings a delightful change of rhythms. As the school year comes to a close, parents and students alike long for a new rhythm that doesn’t necessitate getting up so early and focusing on homework, deadlines and schedules. Finally, the lazy days of summer have brought vacations and late nights and play time by the […]

You might not initially see what breastfeeding has to do with contemplative practices. But as a professional mom who nursed three babies, let me enlighten you. Let me first say that a nursing baby is not the tidiest package. Even the smallest of nursing babies are not very discrete. They wiggle and grunt and slurp […]

Today is a warm sunny day abounding with all the glory of spring. A soft warm breeze is whispering across the green hills dotted with golden dandelions. It sounds like hundreds of finches are celebrating the budding of the Dogwoods and the blossoming of the Redbuds that stand out starkly in the still-bare forest with […]

If you happen to be planning a move from Southern California to a colder climate, I don’t recommend that you move in winter. But that is how God seemed to be leading us. He was clearly leading us to East Tennessee; and as it turned out, January was the timing that worked. Now, East Tennessee […]