January 2012
1 post
“Courage…the original definition of courage (from the Latin word Cur...”
– Brene Brown on Vulnerability
December 2011
2 posts
“The Psalms give us a unique approach to emotions…the Psalms do not say...”
– Tim Keller, Praying our Fears sermon from 3/5/2000
November 2011
2 posts
October 2011
1 post
“Love the quick profit, the annual raise,
vacation with pay. Want more
of...”
– Wendell Berry (via theoldsongbird)
September 2011
4 posts
“For in friendship unless, as we say, you see the naked heart and let your own be...”
– Cicero, On Friendship
Maintaining Messy Relationships →
Why friendships—even difficult ones—are vitally important.
August 2011
1 post
“It is true that some of you have had the great mercy of being taken like trees...”
– A Sermon (No.2627) intended for reading on Lord’s Day, June 18th, 1899, delivered by C. H. Spurgeon at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. on Thursday evening, February 23rd, 1882.
June 2011
1 post
“It is independence the child is striving for – that is what he has to achieve...”
– Margaret E. Stephenson, The Art of Montessori in the Home: Three to Six Years
May 2011
2 posts
Believing the Seeds of Wonderland
The last time I received formal recognition for being “creative” was in fourth grade; my painting was one of a handful of Maryland winners in the Crayola Dream-Makers competition. It depicted my “dream”: to catch a fish. My family traveled from Paintsville, KY to Baltimore where, with the other winners, we enjoyed an art opening in a gorgeous two-story gallery. My...
April 2011
2 posts
The Measure of Meaning: a Pilgrimage to Port... →
Sandra wrote this article after the trip I gifted to Katy, Flo & Sandra in celebration of baby Story Jane and friendship. Click on the title above to read the full article.
Wendell Berry may not quite be a household name. But I, for one, mention his name on a regular basis in my house, while traveling around the country, and when talking with neighborhood friends about produce, local...
February 2011
1 post
January 2011
4 posts
“Leader: Peace be to this house.
All: And to all who live here.
Leader:...”
– Blessing of a Home at Epiphany
“It may be that when we no longer know what to do
we have come to our real...”
– The Real Work, by Wendell Berry
December 2010
1 post
“Most of us think of waiting as something very passive, a hopeless state...”
– Henri Nouwen, “A Spirituality of Waiting”
November 2010
3 posts
“Faith is wrestling with the mystery of God. It is more a process than a...”
– R. Rohr
“Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.”
– William Butler Yeats quotes (Irish prose Writer, Dramatist and Poet. Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923. 1865-1939)
October 2010
1 post
September 2010
1 post
What is your relationship with Facebook like? →
I realize the irony of sharing an article about the relational downfalls of Facebook via my blog and Facebook itself. But, this is a MUST READ. I’ve been waiting for Relevant to post it online since the magazine arrived in our mailbox a few weeks ago.
August 2010
4 posts
“In a perfect Friendship this Appreciative love is, I think, often so great and...”
– The Four Loves, C. S. Lewis
“Eros will have naked bodies; Friendship naked personalities.”
– The Four Loves, C.S. Lewis
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“Those who cannot conceive Friendship as a substantive love but only as a...”
– The Four Loves, C.S. Lewis
July 2010
4 posts
Pre-Order Watch The Rising Day! →
June 2010
2 posts
“But to define what is meant by “contemplative” threatens to obliterate the...”
– Phileena Heuertz, ‘Pilgrimage of a Soul,’ page 15 (via ifiblogged)
May 2010
1 post
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people together to collect wood...”
– Antoine de Saint-Exupery
February 2010
2 posts
“Kids will take a chance. If they don’t know, they’ll have a go. ...”
– Sir Ken Robinson, 2006 Ted Talk
January 2010
2 posts
“True spirituality realizes that even to help can be a source of pride.”
– The Absorbent Mind
“Everyone knows that, for a child to become a pianist, he has to do far more than...”
– Maria Montessori in The Absorbent Mind
December 2009
1 post
October 2009
4 posts
I LOVE the stories God is weaving in His people →
This post from someone I don’t know made me cry because we know the same God, the same story, the same hymns and have the same love for all of it. (click this post’s title to read)
August 2009
3 posts
“Gonna hold who needs holdin’
Mend what needs mendin’
Walk what...”
– Billy Dean (song heard covered at Nashville’s Texas Troubadour theater)
New Words →
With each edition of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, new words that have come into popular use are added. Here are a few of my favorite new words/phrases in the newest edition:
mouse potato
wave pool
agritourism
aquascape