For a lot of my life, I didn’t make kindness a priority. It’s not that I didn’t approve of it, I just didn’t rank it very high on my list. I knew people who did good work without being very kind, and I believed that meant that one could be holy without being kind. TwoContinue reading >>
Enough as you are, in every way
Eight years ago this week I was diagnosed with a chronic illness after decades of perfect health. For about a year I only had periodic instances of debilitating pain, but with time Crohn’s disease took over my life. I was constantly nauseous and in pain, I couldn’t eat and therefore had no energy. For allContinue reading >>
The Greatest Gift
Better exhausted in the evening than bored all day. I’m not sure if I came up with that myself or heard it somewhere, but I often repeat it as I’m crashing into bed at the end of a long day. My days are full of both commitments and excitement, and I’m lucky to wake upContinue reading >>
Nothing more
Someone invited me to join a young adult group today and my heart skipped a beat at the thought that I am still young. Youth is in the eye of the beholder, but numbers are numbers. Though I’m a bit ahead of schedule for a mid-life crisis, I’ve always been advanced when it comes toContinue reading >>
How to love your neighbor
There was a scholar of the law who stood up to test Jesus and said, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read it?” He said in reply, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with allContinue reading >>