I never spoke the significance of the day aloud. To friends. To family. To Leif. Even to myself. But the date didn’t escape my notice. I suspect that combination of month and numeral never will. The anniversary of my cancer diagnosis is branded into my mind, body and...
In Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell suggests that 10,000 hours of deliberate practice are required to become world-class in any field. Perhaps you heard the same principle touted. The number always felt too thin to me, as if it were missing an extra zero. A Princeton study...
We’re adverse creatures. Adverse to … pain. hardship. suffering. loss. difficulty. Practice avoidance. Skirt the issue. Run away. But perhaps our lives depend on…. Something else entirely. Today, we continue walking the vines in the Scouting the Divine online summer...
I want you to meet my new beekeeping friend, Lissa Magnuson. She spent years apprenticing for a beekeeper named, Gary (Different from the Gary in the Scouting The Divine Book and Bible study we’re diving into this summer!). She soon started her own farmer’s market...
I asked my sweet friend, the Rev. H. Elizabeth Back, an Episcopal priest and beekeeper to share what she’s discovered God through her beehive. I hope her words will be as much of a blessing to you as they are me: Jesus first made himself known to me when I was four...
People often use the word “season” to describe their lives. I’m in a . . . good season hard season painful season I’m in a . . . season of change season of new growth season of waiting season of loss season of blessing season of dealing with my junk season of healing...
