Live With Flair

This morning, we leave for our first day of Walk-to-School. It’s our 5th year of walking that mile together, but I’m worried I’ll be mostly

I’m back on campus to teach two writing classes, and I pass by professors helping freshman find campus buildings. We’re all in this together. I

You need protection when you harvest raspberries. Those little bitty thorns can pierce your tender fingertips and scratch your legs to pieces. It’s a slow

This morning, I think about refuge. Psalm 2 promises that “blessed are all those who take refuge in God.” Sometimes the psalmist refers to this

Sometimes you just have to take your shoes off and get in a creek. I mean it; something happens to you when you’re in a

I harvest the beautiful cherry tomatoes today. I’m disappointed by how many have split open. All but a few are ruined. I learn that split

We finish our summer devotions this morning, and I ask the girls which one was their favorite. Which one meant the most to them? My

A few days ago, I pray that God gives my daughters a happy heart. It is a simple, honest prayer. I wake up, and I

Sometimes, I dream that a little cabin in the woods–far, far away from civilization–will somehow help me live deep and suck out all the marrow