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Making Headway
Along with several hundred others, I walked a portion of the Camino de Santiago last week. My group started in Sarria, Spain and trekked 71 miles to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. We walked through cities, barrios, rural area, eucalyptus forests, groves, and orchards of so many kinds of fruit trees. We stepped inside churches…
Read MoreGlory Days
Nothing like a birthday to make me think about all the people who’ve helped me be who I am today! And so I do. I look back on my life and remember the people I’ve known and know. I’ve written about this before because I’m intrigued by the role of memory in our lives. I…
Read MoreShould I Stay or Should I Go
This Just For You is short and sweet. Sweet because the stories I mention below show what it means to live like it matters. Sometimes that means leaving home. Sometimes it means we go back. Leaving I recently listened to Educated by Tara Westover. It’s been on my “to read” list since it was published…
Read MoreGod Is Still Not a Bully
This one was originally featured as a Monday School post and worth revisiting. Now more than ever we need a reminder that what some claim to be Christian ideas or beliefs are absolutely NOT what Christ taught or how he lived. Christendom or Christianity is simply another man-made institution with the same tendencies as any…
Read MorePeople Get Ready
Like a lot of you, I feel a heaviness from all the news and noise. The news is bad and the noise is loud and it can make me think it’s easier to tune out entirely. But I don’t think tuning out is the answer. This edition of Just For You is an invitation, not…
Read MoreWhat’s Possible?
Christy Pennison is passionate about inspiring possibilities. She does that in every part of her life: as a board certified counselor, a dream consultant, an entrepreneur, and a podcaster. I enjoyed a conversation with her recently on her Inspiring Possible Podcast. Christy shares practical advice and inspiring stories to help you gain clarity, confidence, and…
Read MoreThe Great Divide
I’ve wondered about the deep division we’re experiencing. Not only in our politics but within the church. I know many of us are trying to understand how the same events can be seen in such profoundly different ways. Part of the problem is that we’re not seeing and hearing the same things. Each of us…
Read MoreLearning to Fly in 2025
I’ve been a long-time resister to resolutions opting instead to have an ongoing list of goals in mind to accomplish and not necessarily at the beginning of a year. I believe anytime is a good time to start something, whether it be a health regimen, job search, therapy, reading goal, or business. For 2025 I…
Read MoreThe Richest Person in the World
O Patagonia. I’m still soaking in the beauty and wonder…it will take some time to soak it all in and I’m in no rush. I want to remember it all. The mote con huesillo at San Cristóbal Hill in Santiago. The planes, all the bus rides, and the catamaran we took to finally get on the…
Read MorePass It On
In her book Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, Anne Lamott wrote, “a writer always tries, I think, to be part of the solution, to understand a little about life and to pass it on.” When reflecting on how to live like it matters after being asked to speak about it recently,…
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