As Christmas approaches, we can prepare to accept God's good gifts by setting aside our own efforts and becoming like little children.
Why we?re saying ?good night? until September.
Christ's model in his interaction with the disciples offers a model for us as creatures of work and rest.
As creatures created to observe Sabbath, can we deny its integral role in our lives? An exploration of biblical and practical Sabbath.
A timely reminder that Sabbath is a gift, not a burden.
A review of Wendell Berry's Given: New Poems.
Might a fast teach us how to better "chop wood, carry water"?
A series of columns travels through the seasons of nature and of life.
On cultivating a space to relax with family and friends.
A humble home liturgy inspires confession and remembering.
Lessons from a venerable pair of birch trees on Pleasant Lake.
What I learned from spending a week with student friends at Huss School.
A review of The Sabbath World: Glimpses of a Different Order of Time by Judith Shulevitz.
On learning to take a break without fear.
A family learns to trust the Spirit and stay inside -- until it's time.
Naming and honoring the good desire for play time.
On the tangle of questions and desires at the point of church transition.
Wrestling with church as a single mother.
Remembering a day full of grace after a busy week.
Life lessons learned from the likes of Crumpet, Clementine and Abraham Heschel.
How a simple ritual became a centering necessity across 15 years and places.
Advice from a pastor, writer and mother of three.