A few years ago, when my children were three and two years old, I had the brilliant idea of teaching them the deeper significance of the Passover. I studied the Seder meal, went shopping, printed coloring sheets. The whole shebang. My incredulous husband wondered if… Read More
For movie night this week, we left our typical stereotypical movie genres (StarWars, silly kid movies, and old school movies that we loved as children and forgot may not be appropriate for children) we watched an incredible documentary about the man who free solo climbed… Read More
Our culture loves to hear stories of brief brushes with the rich and famous. We seek our five minutes of fame as if those precious moments were the climax of a life well-lived. We glory in glorious moments. We live for the next promotion, the… Read More
The hedges are humming, the SoCal super bloom is stunning because Spring is coming. After several weeks of uncharacteristic rains (enough to end a 7-year draught), Spring is in the air in San Diego. Everywhere I look, I see birds crookedly flying, proudly carrying large… Read More
I cook dinner. A lot. I set the table a lot. I yell downstairs for my boys to come up for dinner. A lot. I get frustrated when they ignore me and come late to a cold plate. But all the frustration wipes away (sometimes… Read More
The Pharisees chided Him for letting the crowds cheer in excitement at His entry into Jerusalem, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.” Rather than rebuke, Christ responded, “I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out” (Luke 19:40). He then proceeded to weep… Read More
Old habits die hard. Having spent the greater part of 18 years garnering praise through performance and confidence through competition, my heart sometimes slips back into old ways. This past week, I found myself spending time with my dear old (very, very old) friends Miriam… Read More
Isak Dineson famously wrote, “The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea.” As one who grew up on the Jersey shore and who now lives close enough to sea air for occasional excursions to sit before the sea, I think of… Read More
The icy, wintery storms assailing the Midwest and the freezing seasons of tragedy in lives of friends who live in sunny San Diego leave me longing for more than just a sunny day, but the cosmic summer, as C.S. Lewis so beautifully puts it. The freezing… Read More
While I am physically terribly inflexible, I have the moves of a Samurai when it comes to attempting to avoid suffering. The great lengths to which we go to avoid suffering speaks deeply to how unnatural pain is to our nature; however, as Christians we… Read More
