It is raining in Brooklyn today, and between the rain and the cold that I’ve managed to catch, my plans for a hike through the North Woods in Central Park are on hold. Instead, I am curled up under a blanket with a cup of tea, my favorite fall candle (a souvenir from that apple-picking…
Why, yes – I did fly from NYC to Chicago last week for a road trip to Michigan. Friends and strangers alike have declared me insane for footing the bill for a round-trip plane ticket and three days in a hotel, just to spend seven hours in a car with the end goal of picking…
Learning to Speak God from Scratch: Why Sacred Words Are Vanishing and How We Can Revive Them is a keenly thoughtful book, written with a delightful blend of eloquence, wit, humor, and hope. In it, Jonathan Merritt addresses the need for the church (particularly in North America) to recognize the polarizing effects that religious language…
The featured image in this post is a photo I took with my phone from the window of the train on my way back from Connecticut a couple of months ago. I’m not quite sure why, but to date, it’s still one of my favorite NYC views (although, in the interest of full disclosure, I…
Hello, and happy Saturday, friends! It’s been a busy few months, and while I have been writing periodically, nothing has felt quite finished enough to post for awhile – hence the dust that’s been collecting around here. But it’s a beautiful fall day today; the windows are open, the breeze is perfect, and a few…
