Here are the three things I liked this week. First, I liked Luke Faulkner's "Reflections." It's a meditative piano piece I listened to while thinking, journaling, and turning through the pages of a notebook I use to catalog words and phrases I want to incorporate into...

Friday's almost here, so let's go ahead and press the release valve on the week, preparing our hearts and minds to relax into the weekend. To do that, let me pass on three things to help you trade your restless energy for inner stillness. First, I liked (more like...

It's not all poems, piano pieces, and probing questions around here. No sir (or ma'am). I'm not pathologically serious. I promise. But I understand that some people might get that impression from me. For that reason, I'm switching things up this week! By which I don't...

My goal for these weekly posts is to lift your spirits, renew your hope, and (gently) tax your mind. To that end, below you'll find 1) a piano piece, 2) a poem, and 3) a probing question. First, the piano piece I liked this week was Luke Faulkner's "The Wanderer."  My...

A poem, a pivot, and a prayer post---those are the three things I liked this week, and that's what you'll find below. First, the poem I'll share with you comes from George Herbert (1593–1633) once again. It's called "Jesu," and it's quite clever: JESU is in my heart,...

Writer Kathleen Norris wisely observes: “We want life to have meaning, and want to be fulfilled, and it is hard to accept that we find these things by starting where we are, not where we would like to be. Our greatest spiritual blessings are likely to reveal...

I hope at some point during this impossibly hot week in New England your soul was drenched with wonder. If not, I hope what you find below can put you on that path. First, I liked James Quinn's piano piece "Journey of Life."  Second, I enjoyed George Herbert's...

I'll be brief and to the point today. A playlist, a quote, and a prayer---those are the three things I liked this week. First, James Quinn's "No Need to Hurry" playlist is great background music. It's quiet, contemplative, and peaceful. Second, while Allen Levi's...

The well-known French essayist and poet Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867) once lamented, "Oh, how weary I am, how weary I've been for many years already, of this need to live twenty-four hours every day!" I feel that. And yet, even though our weary and parched souls ache...

The warmer New England weather this week made afternoon walks and evenings on the patio hospitable for contemplation. As silence swept in, I was able to replay several occasions on which God dropped a note of grace---moments where God was unusually present, and where...

Here are the three things I liked this week. First, I liked Luke Faulkner's "Reflections." It's a meditative piano piece I listened to while thinking, journaling, and turning through the pages of a notebook I use to catalog words and phrases I want to incorporate into...

Friday's almost here, so let's go ahead and press the release valve on the week, preparing our hearts and minds to relax into the weekend. To do that, let me pass on three things to help you trade your restless energy for inner stillness. First, I liked (more like...

It's not all poems, piano pieces, and probing questions around here. No sir (or ma'am). I'm not pathologically serious. I promise. But I understand that some people might get that impression from me. For that reason, I'm switching things up this week! By which I don't...

My goal for these weekly posts is to lift your spirits, renew your hope, and (gently) tax your mind. To that end, below you'll find 1) a piano piece, 2) a poem, and 3) a probing question. First, the piano piece I liked this week was Luke Faulkner's "The Wanderer."  My...

A poem, a pivot, and a prayer post---those are the three things I liked this week, and that's what you'll find below. First, the poem I'll share with you comes from George Herbert (1593–1633) once again. It's called "Jesu," and it's quite clever: JESU is in my heart,...

Writer Kathleen Norris wisely observes: “We want life to have meaning, and want to be fulfilled, and it is hard to accept that we find these things by starting where we are, not where we would like to be. Our greatest spiritual blessings are likely to reveal...

I hope at some point during this impossibly hot week in New England your soul was drenched with wonder. If not, I hope what you find below can put you on that path. First, I liked James Quinn's piano piece "Journey of Life."  Second, I enjoyed George Herbert's...

I'll be brief and to the point today. A playlist, a quote, and a prayer---those are the three things I liked this week. First, James Quinn's "No Need to Hurry" playlist is great background music. It's quiet, contemplative, and peaceful. Second, while Allen Levi's...

The well-known French essayist and poet Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867) once lamented, "Oh, how weary I am, how weary I've been for many years already, of this need to live twenty-four hours every day!" I feel that. And yet, even though our weary and parched souls ache...

The warmer New England weather this week made afternoon walks and evenings on the patio hospitable for contemplation. As silence swept in, I was able to replay several occasions on which God dropped a note of grace---moments where God was unusually present, and where...