The baby had just been born, the sounds of the animals huddled in the stable are the backdrop to the quiet cooing of the child. Mary and Joseph in wonder. They feel both terrified and in awe. They live, for …
The Case for a Quiet Life
My grandma died without changing the world. My mom probably will too, as will I. In the world of today, we will have failed. For today, it is not enough to love well, to fight the good fight of faith, …
Idolatry of Magnitude
My world has shrunk. My days revolve around her tiny cries and constant need for food and attention. We sleep a little, eat and then repeat. I would not have it any other way. The first time I gave birth …
Tea Time: Finding Peace in Shared Ritual
A mother of young children is unlikely to describe her home as peaceful. Certainly lively, hopefully joyful, but not usually peaceful. And yet attaining a spirit of peace in the home is incredibly important and powerful; it can transform not …
Wholeness Within
The normal to-do list is overwhelming. The holiday to-do list makes me wish for hospitalization or incarceration just to escape it. The truth is we all can escape it by cultivating an interior life of wholeness. In my opinion, wholeness …
Wholeness, in Parts
I texted a group of mom friends this question: During the crazy holiday season, how do you create peace and wholeness – shalom – for your family? One mom responded that she needed some time to think about it and …
Raising Healthy Kids in a Hate-filled World
I am a mother of three girls, and for me, raising healthy kids today’s world feels impossible at times. So far in 2016 we have grieved as we watched Brussels, Orlando, Istanbul, Nice, and many other cities come under terrorist …
Marked With Empathy
I was a history major in college. The way the world has arrived at the place it is now, the causes and effects, the victors and the victims, the passive people and the active, their environments and thoughts and words, …