A teen-aged boy struggles with the many dimensions of what it means to be his brother's keeper as he cares for his mentally handicapped older brother.
A parent chooses a unique form of education to help her sons develop a sense of "self."
How to take steps toward healing in community.
What does it mean to have no fear in the flock of the Shepherd?
Reflections on consciousness.
Reflection on experiences that flow between the community and the self.
Breaking through the overuse of the term reveals a less abused meaning.
Reading the patterns of childhood in the adults we become.
A meditation on the complexity of describing our core selves in various kinds of company.
What the parable of the rich man and Lazarus can teach us about discerning lies.
A moment of near tragedy becomes a moment of grace in the journey toward God.
On coming face to face with one’s self in a monastery.
Experiences and conversations converge on questions of keeping.
An exploration of the ideas underlying our starry-eyed obsessions.
Exploring life lessons about public image in an episode of Firefly.
How making a first home can be a re-discovery of self.
Reflecting on a year-long experiment in time off.
An older self and a younger self in dialogue about (dis)contentment.
A sixth grade boy stumbles upon mystique on the middle school stage.
Preparing for the Christmas celebration during Advent by touching, visiting and living.
What a kindergartener's fashion sense reveals about the mystery of God.
Remembering Simone Weil and a middle school band of misfits.
A group interview exploring the thoughts and ideas that fill the rooms of a big old house in Grand Rapids along with five adults and an infant.
On raising kids who are helpers rather than hoarders.
A long illness and healing process shifts relationships and conceptions of self.
On the value of showing up for a time of silence.
How adults and children can walk together on the journey toward discovering grace and self.
On one particular created tree as an image of self-expression.
A recipe for solitude that can change the world.
A collection of thoughts gathered during time spent in Africa.