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The winter holidays are my favorite time of the year, especially Christmas. With everything decorated and sparkly, it reminds me to foster my spirits of reflection, curiosity, and surprise. I take time to slow down and consider the sacred – The Christmas story, gratitude and love for family/friends, silly toys…

“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.”- Ronald Dahl I often wonder what is going on in the minds of those around me.…

“Here I raise my Ebenezer Here there by Thy great help I’ve come And I hope, by Thy good pleasure Safely to arrive at home Jesus sought me when a stranger Wandering from the fold of God He, to rescue me from danger Interposed His precious blood.” (Come Thou Fount)…

Fear and Trembling The peace after the storm A brief deviation from the norm Life suddenly slowed down All is stopped…. By the little, big emotions within. Tossed around by the winds, life like a hurricane, My beautiful mess brings me to my knees. All is not lost. I just…

It’s a beautiful fall morning ripe with possibilities. The children are full of joyful greetings. Lovers are getting together; families are laughing. But today is not like any other day. Death visited us last night. Changes come and changes go. Life move on, both fast and slow. My heart breaks…

An Ode to Balance Here’s to the noise that makes us happy inspires us to work makes us feel productive Harmony and Laugher Children talking, old men walking. Water flowing, plants growing. Here’s to the noise the makes us feel alive inspires us to dance makes us feel healthy Hope…

Often, I feel that my very ideas about the nature of God and the world can be confining. The questions that I ask or my fears put God in a box. I wonder how can people support such atrocious ideas and proclaim to be Christians when the very theme of Christianity…

I haven’t felt like writing much in my blog these days.  I keep writing my fiction for it’s an escape, but I don’t want much to do with reality these days.  My heart breaks as I feel the anger, the pain, and the polarity in the rhetoric of our media and our society.  I am appalled at who and…

A small act of kindness is never small. “To be humble, to be kind, it is the giving of the peace in your mind. To a stranger, to a friend, to give in such a way that has no end.” I have always struggled with the concept of justice. I…

  “There is no neutral education. Education is either for domestication or for freedom.” – Joao Coutinho I have been thinking a lot about what it means to teach, what qualities make a good teacher, and how I’ve learned and become the person I am today. From mentors, to books,…