Live With Flair

I discover the wood violets growing in the forest today. I’ve always loved violets and how, one day in spring when you’re not expecting them,

My friend tells me of a conversation he recently had with a notable theologian who is nearing the end of his life. The man explains

As I visited a professor couple down the street today, my friend tells me about his day and how his Saudi student brought coffee and

Yesterday, I found myself engrossed in two historic news stories: the Artemis II lunar flyby and the rescue of the US pilot in Iran. Both

My friend Becky says to me, “He’s good, but He’s slow.” I know God isn’t “slow” in His economy, but to our perception of His

Last night, I attended one of the most meaningful parts of Holy Week: the Tenebrae Good Friday service (Latin for “shadows” or “darkness”). Various readers

I love how the forest seems to come back to life in springtime (although a winter forest offers its own kind of vibrancy). I run

After the snow melts in Pennsylvania, I return to the woods. The salamanders migrate to the secret vernal pond, and my daughter and I hike

It’s been a while. They rhythms of life caught me up, like a receding tide, and took me out to a different sea. Empty nest.

A dear hurting woman and wife of a pastor from a church Ashley and I spent time with recently told me the secret to her