Live With Flair

My university–like many others around the nation–will institute “Wellness Days” next semester instead of sending everyone home for Spring Break (which is canceled). My syllabus

I often leave students with my favorite quotes from Mary Pipher’s book Writing to Change the World. I think about her words as I shape my

This morning, I pause over Psalm 36:8 regarding people who find refuge in God. David writes to God, “They feast on the abundance of your

I love pinecones and winter berries. We take a winter walk yesterday, and we casually pick up interesting branches and pinecones. When we return home,

With my oldest daughter home from college, I think about preparing all her favorite dinners. And with more time at home with COVID-19, I finally

I’ve been teaching a writer how you rarely, if ever, need the word “very.” You don’t need to use it ever again! Almost always, you’ll

Yesterday, I saw my students’ faces for the first time. We’d been gathering together in masks for our in-person classroom at Penn State, but after the

I love Hannah Whitall Smith’s words this morning: “The Lord is good, therefore all that He does must be good no matter how it looks.

This morning, I remembered the name God gives Himself in Exodus 15:26: The God Who Heals–Jehovah Rapha. I think of all that needs healing around