Sunlight streams golden through beech and maple canopy. We walk, three of us, mother, father, son, through a cathedral of light. Leaf mold tickles the nostrils, leaves crunch underfoot, and above us, sycamore leaves applaud the day. A wild flutter erupts in my chest as thousands of grackles take flight, flash purple and black against [...]

More magazine, which I enjoy for its insightful articles, has a monthly column: one month it is entitled “This is What 40 Looks Like,” the next, “This is What 50 Looks Like.” It always includes a picture of a beautiful woman and a bio extolling all of the wonderful things her life includes, changing stereotypes [...]

And he entered a house and would not have any one know it, yet he could not be hid Mark 7:24 Like a petunia Poking purple trumpet Through crack in blacktop drive You cannot be hid You show up In clinking, clanking MRI tunnel To young mother with brain cancer Rocking her to sleep on [...]

This morning, during Lectio Divina, I find myself in a wrestling match. The verses are from Genesis—the story of Jacob wrestling with an angel on the fork of the Jabbok as he prepares to return to his homeland—to the brother he had cheated out of their father’s blessing many years before. To give you the [...]

There’s nothing like looking the grim reaper in the face to bring a little perspective to your life. Last week I traveled to Houston to give the keynote at the Faith and Disability Symposium. The symposium was fantastic, with several churches in the Katy, Houston and Austin areas gathering to explore ways to become more [...]

I am writing from Cloudland, our (sort of) new house in the country. Actually, we bought this five acre mini-farm last spring, and obtained occupancy one year ago this month. Not wanting to sell our house of the last 20 years until Joel settled into his new home, we’ve been spending available weekends (which has [...]