I’m a new puppy mom, so there are often times that I wonder if I am teaching Willie what well-trained dogs should know. In this sense, it’s been really helpful to have a group of experienced dog owners to consult at the dog park. So far, Willie knows: Go Potty Sit Wait What’s in your …
Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s The Cost of Discipleship is a part of many preachers and ministers libraries as well as a part of seminary classes for students. When I encountered the Cost of Discipleship in my theological German class, I realized something immediately. When translated to English, the title and implications of the book changed. In German, Bonhoeffer’s …
There’s nothing like an afternoon at the dog park…that is unless it takes you 45 minutes to get there. There is a park that leads into the dog park park and Willie and I often park at the neighboring park and walk/run to the dog park. It proves to be a good release of energy …
Actually, this was two days after a race run, but the feeling is still the same. Although the Color Me Rad wasn’t a timed race, there is still something about race day atmosphere that gets into your veins and makes you run harder and faster, which inevitably makes the next individual run you do slower. …
I recently ended up bumping shoulders with a recent Peace Corps volunteer who was so inspired by her time overseas that she was eagerly and diligently raising money to go back. She speaks a tribal dialect of sign language that many people don’t, so she is teaching and connecting the deaf community in a small …
My first response to Barbara Brown Taylor’s An Altar in this World was to want to implement and integrate each of the practices she described into my life. I had to take a breath and back away from this initial reaction because simply adding more things to one’s life was not her intention, but rather …
We hadn’t seen each other in a year, but as we hugged, it was like we were still roommates. It is those kinds of relationships that will last forever. I don’t mean they remain stagnant, but that they grow and change as the two individuals change. She used to be a biology major, I used …
It wasn’t our first time meeting, but there was something about the occasion that made it different. Maybe it was the reflection I had already done that day through the blur of Hebrew flashcards and snow window panes or maybe it was something she had read earlier, but it was different. “Are you wearing cowboy …
It’s amazing how time flies. I know that we all say this and we are all brought to a standstill at times being reminded of this, but I have to say this afternoon made me rethink how I spend my time. I rush around and worry about getting things done that really could wait for …
I took me a long time to realize I was asthmatic. I remember in high school during the hot days of field hockey camp, struggling with tightness in my chest and thinking I was just out of shape. There was on sprinting drill in particular that would cause me trouble. I affectionately called it, “The …
