I’ve been out of town for so many weekends, I can’t remember the last time I’ve been to church. I’m tempted to stay home because that’s how it is when you’ve been gone so long. And I’m still feeling serene after last weekend, not ready for toe-tapping, hand-clapping, drums, and electric guitars. We consider the […]
Sunday Seasoned Sayings: Declare the Glory
Photos from Laity Lodge.
Saturday Snaps: More From the Canyon
Just some quiet photos from Laity Lodge. Still in the stillness,
Just an Ordinary Friday – Not!
It’s Five Minute Friday, and Lisa Jo is asking us to spring off the word, “ordinary.” Five minutes of free writing–no overthinking, no editing. And when you finish reading this, head over to taste some of the other offerings. READY! SET! GO! Just an ordinary Friday morning. We slept with the windows open, though. I […]
If I Should Die
Now I lay me down to sleep I pray the Lord my soul to keep If I should die before I wake I pray the Lord my soul to take. I remember. I’d pray this little prayer every night in my head in my little bed in the little (I mean little–I stood in it […]
It Will Not End Up Here
How did I end up here wrapped in a circle of poets (I don’t even call myself a poet) where we showed up to taste peaches and wild grapes, to crush the flesh of nectarine and sing fig songs? How did I end up here in cedar-scented sacred breeze benched above a liquid mirror […]
Give Yourself Permission
I could hike Circle Bluff again. Or I could swim in Blue Hole. Or both. Or I could lay claim to a hammock. But I want to do art, I say. I used to do art. Crocheting, cross-stitching, soapmaking, scrapbooking, stamping, quilting. Painting–not so much. But doing art takes money. And there’s the clutter […]
Turned Around at Laity Lodge
Am I really here? All week we’ve gathered in the Great Hall, sunk in soft sofas or perched on chairs, and faced the fireplace. And my heart burned with words and songs, and tears flowed, but they could not extinguish the flames. Since Thursday, I’ve felt embraced by the canyon and living avatars. This morning, […]
Monday Meditation: Baggage Drop–Baggage Claim
I leave with more weight than I came with. Not just because of all the great food they served at the ACFW Conference in St. Louis, but also because of all the free books and those I bought after I resolved not to. I’ve already paid for the airline to relieve me of my baggage, but now […]
Sunday Seasoned Sayings: The Merton Prayer
My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. […]
