Transitions are a natural part of life. We plan for many of them with excitement—welcoming a new baby, preparing for school, building a career, and looking ahead to retirement. Yet as a society, we often avoid planning for one of the most predictable transitions of all: changes in our health and independence as we age.
Some of my fondest childhood memories are of my grandmother and my mother, sitting at the piano, playing and singing their favorite hymns. For my grandmother it was “How..
O God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home.
The most profound blessings we will ever know meet us in the place of our deepest loss and inspire us to choose to live again. Jan Richardson, Circle of Grace: A Book of..
I spent some time with my sister, our mom, and her two cousins recently. We went to visit the town that was home to multiple generations of my mothers’ extended family...
The Root of the Matter Gardening is not my forte. I have the flower beds to prove it. Only one in ten of the 42 plants, roots, and bulbs I put in the ground this spring..
Creation Scripture begins with beautiful imagery of the divine formation of creation. Psalm 24:1 reminds us: “The earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it, the world,..
Three common words-- Rooted in love. Three words of scripture-- Rooted in love. Three words.
Sometimes words strike us with a special force and penetrate our spirit with their “rightness”. They don’t have to be complicated or powerful. They don’t have to change..
In the last five years, death became the center of my life. Uninvited and not sought, this intruder entered my life space and appeared to have a permanent plan of..
