1. We become what we repeat. 2. Pain + Reflection = Progress 3. Failure is the most information-rich data. (Entrepreneur Tom Bilyeu) 4. We experience life according to our beliefs. (Author Ken Honda) 5. We all fail. Failure is not a life sentence. It’s a moment. We don’t have to stay there. 6. Don’t think,… Read More Starting Over When I Should’ve Gotten There: 12 Truths
Who ever imagined that Times Square in the Big Apple would empty into a ghost town or the streets of Toronto would clear like smoke? Shuffling behind Asia, we’ve surrendered our Starbucks ritual, vacations, graduations, and worship gatherings. And in so doing, we’ve torn from the social fabric of our humanity: community. What has really… Read More THE PRESENT CRISIS: LIFE DOWN TO ITS ESSENCE
I was going to say no, I didn’t fall off a cliff, but I – uh, actually, did. And though I lay on the rocks, wishing nothing more than to be wiped off the planet, I somehow made it back up, half-carried by angels, broken bones and all. The bruises linger, but the bones, to… Read More It’s All in the Suffering
I would rather be read than seen, but delivering my poem on that stage to an audience serious about art and beauty was one of the most gratifying experiences of my life. I have watched my favorite poets online reading from their book at gatherings the way I’ve appreciated figure-skating on the Olympics channel. Very… Read More Sometimes They Love You, Sometimes They Don’t
JK, I wish I had the words and muscle to help bear your load. You have borne your distresses with such amazing grace. Caring for the elderly becomes much like the labor over young children and you are pressed on all fronts with little margin to tend to your own needs. Ariel Levy, staff writer… Read More When Life Doesn’t Cooperate
we felt so grown up when we were kids and now wonder that we are so old when we’re not yet grown we started losing our parents to time and frailty. in the cycle of life things go upside down sometimes you rush d o w n the rabbit hole into a world… Read More midnight in wonderland
I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth. I am ashamed to claim faith in Jesus Christ, unworthy as I am to bear that name and call myself a Christian. For my sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate, suffered death and was buried. I love the order and witness of… Read More This I Believe
Unless you’re helplessly tone-deaf, you’ll hear the unvarnished attempt of a songwriter whose gift wasn’t singing. I can’t help wince at my voice but if the Scriptures sung in crude, bare worship should bless anyone, the embarrassment will have been worth it. I thought the song of hope would take us nicely from the last… Read More I Will Sing: Faith
We don’t see it’s really sand beneath our feet. We draw noise and light and words over the untidy fear of our last sun. What will remain of the demands I have made, the accolade, the love I have given, the grief I have drunk, the hours I have written riven by loss, borne back… Read More A New Song
I’d face the ache of longing. Go deep into the back room, unearth the box to surrender and and open it to see my heart bleeding. I know in my head my God is more than able to comfort and to provide as He pleases. But I’m like my boy — terrified over the sight… Read More Why I Don’t Pray More
A Holistic Journey 