We have in The Little House on the Prairie series a rich American heritage of hard work, an ethos of industry and endurance. I am concerned that the abuse of technology today threatens to cut our kids loose from such a work ethic and is hampering their learning and productive capacity. First, the merits of mechanized… Read More Technology: The Dark Side of Efficiency, Part 1
I’m going to borrow from Clinton. Because I can. Working out is a grateful reminder that all my body parts are intact. It is the opportunity to keep whole. This one body I’ve been given carries my day, helps carry my family. This frame is my tomorrow, and I want to be around for my… Read More Women’s Self-Defense: Why I Sweat [Videos]
Forgiveness Being willing to heal from the past Laughter Celebrating the moment Hope Keeping in view a future you want to move toward Humility Keeping aware that the world doesn’t revolve around us. We expect our kids to get this, a lesson we ourselves struggle to learn. Passion Doing what you love by vocation, avocation,… Read More 20 Things I Consider Sacred: Part 3
I wrote the poem as a student at University of Pennsylvania. When You find me breathless from Time’s relentless marching orders would You still my heart and incline it to Your gentle whisper? Make me to climb the depths of Your quiet words of wisdom so to know that You are God. John 10.3,27 1… Read More Breathless
Our Body Who taught us to breathe? How does the heart know to pump blood, push life, to every cell? The kidneys, according to Dr. Henry Bieler, are chemists “whose tasks are more complex than any electronic computer conceived by man.” Human history is how old? And Science has yet fully to unlock the secrets… Read More 20 Things I Consider Sacred: Part 2
Marriage Someone to walk with as long as you can together, to build a life with. Who sees you at your worst and has vowed to stick around, and encourages you to your best. The ring sealed the vows you made before God and Man, a sacrament of an institution bigger than your best intentions.… Read More 20 Things I Consider Sacred: Part 1
The question is one of roots and shoots; where we come from, what we’ve sprouted from that. What is the best nonmaterial gift you ever received from Mom? I wonder what T will answer as a grown man. There is no way he could ever be grateful enough for all I pour into him with… Read More Her Greatest Gift To You
My husband couldn’t help read aloud parts to me. It wasn’t only about the running (the word alone bored and deterred me). He said there was all this stuff about natural health, with mention of the chia seeds I prepared for the family. In P.E., my least favorite class in school, I never could walk… Read More Born To Run by Christopher McDougall
A Holistic Journey 