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I’m speaking at a conference this week for 30 minutes on the topic of how I encounter God.  I’m finding I cannot possibly narrow the

This morning at grandpa’s house, I take a moment to read a pop-up book by Robert Sabuda, the paper engineering genius.  I marvel over the

This morning, I realize that Christmas delights.  Delight (as a noun) means great pleasure and joy, and (as a verb) it means to both give

This morning, I read Emily Dickinson: The only news I knowIs bulletins all dayFrom immortality I’m on the look out all day for heaven’s news:

Every single winter, my daughter insists she doesn’t need to wear her winter coat.  You’d be amazed at the resistance to outerwear from the children

Today, I recall the First Lady’s quote, “I can only be Michelle Obama.”  She doesn’t try to be anybody else.   The statement resonates. I

My daughter gives permission to share the following true story that just delights me: I’m tucking my daughter in bed, and she opens up and

As the semester ends at Penn State, I face these students one last time.  We’ll never be together like this–in this way–again.  These freshman will

Frost covers the clover this morning. Frost Melts on the Clover The children bend down, astonished by these small deposits of tiny white ice crystals. 

The word has spread about my love of all things coconut.  Children have kindly donated their coconut candy from Trick-or-Treating to the worthy cause of