Comfort & Joy

Listening When I was interviewed last month, the person interviewing me noticed that in my book Comfort & Joy, I talk about the importance of listening to oneself. He asked me: How do we listen to ourselves? When I wrote Comfort & Joy, I was referring to listening to one’s…

Compassion There are times when things get trying, when there is a sense of being off balance.  The past few weeks have been like that, and my husband and I have been confronted with the need for patience, faith, and daily discipline. Regardless of how we feel, we must continue…

Rest I am always struck by the ending of the creation story in Genesis — on the seventh day God rested. How can we bring more rest into our lives? How can we take a rest from our worries, our frustrations, our desire for things to be different? Can we…

As we end another year, I see the pull to look at the year in terms of accomplishments. Yet so much of what happens to us is beyond that framework. As the calendar year gets ready to turn, I have decided to reflect on ways my “being” has grown and…

As a human being, I need reassurance. I need to be reminded that love and beauty are stronger than fear and doubt. I have been reading lots of holiday stories to the children in the library, and I am noticing that many of the stories are about bringing light and…