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Turtle Soup

Last winter I went on a retreat at Saint Meinrad Archabbey in Southern Indiana. After a day or two of being cloistered, I felt the need...

Feeling the Wait

In January of 1992, David and I traveled to Tallinn, Estonia. We arrived on a Saturday, in the middle of the night after a three-hour,...

Confidence Bias (a 2nd cousin of confirmation bias)

Confidence bias, according to *Brian McLaren, is “our brain’s tendency to believe people who display confidence, rendering us susceptible...

Are We Getting Any Better?

I occupy a front row seat right now watching our granddaughter heal from cancer. Harper’s in her sixth month of treatment for leukemia...

Hello to Here: Engaging with God Right Where We Hurt

As I scanned the yard, noticing all of my adult kids and grandkids playing, talking, and enjoying a meal together, it had every...

The Wisdom of Risk

I couldn’t help but stop and take notice. I’d just written a sentence in my journal that didn’t sound like me. I wasn’t even sure what I...