I love you. This may come as a surprise since we’ve only known each other for a few weeks, and I still don’t know most of your names, but since the day we met—no even weeks before we met—I can’t stop thinking about you. You are the first thought I have when I wake up … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2017
I know a secret
The Hope Is In The Flame
I wrote a little thing over at Orion Magazine‘s “Places Where You Live” Blog. Check it out. Continue reading
#burningtree 2017
It’s grey and ugly and there are cigarette butts lying around. Other people’s mess. You lean into the exhaustion, so dry, so depleted. It’s been a long season of sorrow, joy, work, hope, and love– hope and love despite and still and always. You have nothing left. No voice to sing into the dark. But … Continue reading
Respect
This MLKjr weekend, I had a lot of conversations about leadership and authority, specifically about respect for a venerable position. They were very good conversations. However, at some point, this idea of respect for an office got conflated to owed respect to the person in the office. In short, the person in a position of authority … Continue reading
Sometimes You Get a Gift
I’ve been complaining how quiet the sunsets have been lately, meaning you have to intentionally head to a west view to actually catch color and flash. If you don’t set the moment aside, the light quietly slips into grey and then the day is gone and it’s time to turn on the light. Last night … Continue reading
