In her idea-spurring book, Make a List, Marilyn McEntyre describes list-making as a spiritual exercise. She describes how the making of lists can shape, form, and reveal us - while she also shares a number of her own as examples and food for thought. One of them, "What marriage teaches us," includes these ideas: There’s…
on marriage, children, and being open to new life
I started this post about a month ago, well before yesterday's Supreme Court decision. There are, of course, no shortage of hot takes and quick responses to Roe falling, but I'd like to take a wider perspective: what it means to recognize that life rarely comes on our terms or in our timing. In a…
Things to say (and not say)
You don't have to live very long to realize: some words are helpful at strengthening relationships -- and some are definitely not. Asking your spouse or your child "Do you mind taking the trash out?" definitely tends to work better than saying "Why do I always have to remind you to take out the garbage?"…
Gulping Grace 