The Shogun’s Bowl is Broken
Kintsugi: the art of enjoying fragile and impermanent things.
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Do Not Be Afraid
As the headlines and the world spin madly out of control, let us remember not to be afraid.
Monasticism for Modern Christians
Could it be that we, in feeding our appetites to the extreme, have starved our souls of any sense of…
A Walk, A Poem, and an Autumn Day’s Wonder
Take some time to fully appreciate the created beauty of autumn Here in Wisconsin, fall has arrived, and it couldn’t…
The Catechism of Hope
Ten-Year-Olds and the Catechesis of Hope
Of Venting and Drawing Near to God
If You Want to Have Intimacy with God, Start Venting
What Makes a Gift or Possession Valuable?
Giving the right gift is not always the easy option, but it is always worth it. Last May I faced…
Going at Godspeed on the Road
Leave home, leave the country, leave the familiar. Only then can routine experience—buying bread, eating vegetables, even saying hello—become new…
How to End Well
It’s very rare that the end of a good book is the end of its story. One cold January day…
Visions of Oxford
I have a vision of Oxford life built entirely on stories from my friends’ time studying, a series of engaging…
Dear Daughter, I Want You to Fail
In the end, by being weak, you are going to be strong. It takes strength to say, “I need…
How to Say Farewell
Several times over the past year I’ve had to bid farewell to close friends as I moved into a new…
Songs or Silence
Should you listen while you work? Our technological boom has given rise to media available at all times and in…
Postcards in a Postmodern World
With postcards we can have brief but meaningful interactions with our friends from far away In an age where instant…
Panic, Pride, and Praise in the Rockies
I don’t know if I’m going to get off this mountain. . .
The Love that Slices Brussels Sprouts
Robert Frost may be Mowing, but slicing expresses love all the same. Fifteen minutes passed before I realized how great a task…
The Art of Gratitude
Thank you, I stumbled over the words in Farsi as my cashier at TJ Maxx painstakingly wrapped picture frames as…
Stop Saving the World (A Defense of Small Stories)
Too many stories about saving the world can cause us to lose sight of the individual people and communities that…
The Broken and Beautiful Road
Nothing has broken me like motherhood.
Podcasts and Participatory Storytelling
In the Information Age, people are rediscovering an ancient form of entertainment.