Insight is one trait that sets humans apart from the rest of God’s creation. We have the ability to ponder and reflect, to connect the why to the how in our thinking and speaking and behaving. This insight, however, is not perfect. Try as we may, there are layers within…
Did you create any reading goals for 2013? Making resolutions about reading seems rather unnecessary for me considering I want to read All The Books anyway. There is no way I would not read, so it seems sort of silly to make a resolution about something that will happen anyhow….
Last night, I gathered with dear women for a book club discussion. The selection was Kate McCord’s In the Land of Blue Burqas. McCord lived in Afghanistan for five years; she recounts her conversations and insights of this culture that stand in stark contrast to ours here in the States….
Snow has finally descended upon us here in central Illinois. It was late coming. The snowy streets make for unpleasant driving (and running!) conditions, but there is something calming about it. Landscapes cloaked in sparkly white whisper, “Hush, be still.” And so I did just that—I watched the flakes fall…
Our brains aren’t comfortable with incomplete information. But in our imperfect world, perfect information is rare. So our brains compensate by filling in the missing pieces with whatever would be most likely. Simple optical illusions demonstrate how our brains fill in missing lines and even add dots to make sense…
At Beach Retreat 2011, I read a book called TrueFaced. The authors call us to live a true-faced life in your personal relationships by presenting your true self to others. As you are honest about who you and what you are struggling through, others feel free to do likewise and…
It’s all about mindset. That’s what I’m thinking after reading chapters 1 and 2 of Guy Kawasaki’s Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions for the High Calling Blogs book club. Mindset is defined in the Oxford American Dictionary as “the established set of attitudes held by someone.”…
We’ve moved into the second set of essays in The Spirit of Food: 34 Writers on Feasting and Fasting Toward God—these essays are all about fasting. I started this section with some deflation, concerned we’ve moved from celebration to mourning in regard to food. This week’s essays brought me back…
It’s Monday. That means it’s book club discussion day over at High Calling Blogs, where we are reading and ruminating on The Spirit of Food: 34 Writers on Feasting and Fasting Toward God. I’ve only been a part-time clubber, as massive work overload and travel throughout January have prevented me…
My taste buds long for something I’ve never eaten. They scream for satisfaction. All I have to offer them is the local fare; it calms the stomach but doesn’t fool the tongue. C. S. Lewis said, “If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can…
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