Live With Flair

If you’re sagging a bit today, grab your journal and write down all the things in your life that bring you joy. If you can’t

We finally invested in a nice electric blanket. Last night, we turned on the blanket 15 minutes before bedtime. Heaven! Warmth! It was the coziest,

Yesterday, I thought about books from my childhood. When I arrived to the English Department at Penn State today, a professor who studies folklore surprised

I recently learned about Button Soup–a traditional German soup you might find in North and South Dakota and Minnesota. It’s also called Knoephla Soup (pronounced

I’m noticing all the asking in the book of Matthew. It’s not the verb that stumps me, though. It’s the word “faith.” In particular, it’s

I thought I would venture out in the beautiful snow, but it’s a mere 18 degrees. I know for some of my more northern friends,

I talk to my friend about what it means to become like a child in winter. Here in Pennsylvania, we’re expecting a big storm tomorrow–maybe

This morning I read in Mathew 18 when Jesus says: “I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never

In my study of Matthew, I find myself drawn again to the passage in Matthew 17 where it’s time to pay temple taxes. Jesus engages

Today I decided to eat a big salad with just about every vegetable we had in the refrigerator. It was an investment in myself. Maybe