Live With Flair

Every morning when I open wide the back doors to let the fresh morning air come through the screens, the chipmunks come and taunt our

In the spirit of quizzing, I decide to ask myself what I really learned this week. I’m picking raspberries, and I reflect on all I’ve

I read this morning a quote from Hannah Whitall Smith. She argues that “the soul who gives thanks can find comfort in everything; the soul

Students hate my reading quizzes. But after all this time and all these years of learning how to really serve students, I stand behind the

This morning, I read some beautiful words in Paul Miller’s A Praying Life. He says that when you “stop trying to control your life and

My kitchen computer (a tiny little netbook that’s falling apart) loses her backspace button today. It just stops working. If I want to delete a

This morning in church, it occurs to me that much of my thinking involves wanting some aspect of my life to change. I pray in

Today I remember the simplest truth that we can ask God for wisdom. In James 1:5, I read that “If any of you lacks wisdom,

My educator friend remarks on the importance of teaching leisure skills to students. Learning the skill of leisure fascinates me. Some children understand how to

I must go pick raspberries. The patch appears more bee than berry, and I’m deathly allergic. I have my epi-pen ready. I wade into the