TODAY is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, a 40-day season of somber penitence. Do you find the thought of it as overwhelming as I...

Having raced to the car, our kids had some time to fill while they waited for us to catch up. Arriving, I noticed a nearby van, thickly...

It’s winter. I returned to Linwood, this “thin” place, where God has met me many times before. Snow covers the ground and the cold...

One of my priorities this year is to review our budget. Not my favorite activity. And I sensed my resistance to engage with the task as I...

Toward the end of each year and the beginning of the next, I often ask God for a word, a single word to frame the year ahead. A few years...

Our friend, Maggie, lives not far from us on a family farm with her three little kids and husband. Not long ago, one of their cows died....