I’ve loved fairy tales for most of my life. From the moment I discovered Andrew Lang’s Color Fairy Books, I’ve been completely hooked. The magic, the mystery, the intrigue, the dragons, the love stories at the heart of the tales – all of it captured my imagination as a child, and still does. Which is…
Happy Saturday, friends! It’s been awhile since I’ve posted, so I thought I’d share some of the things I’ve been doing, reading, watching, and thinking about lately. I have a few other posts in the works, but nothing finished enough to publish yet – and a few more in my head that I hope to…
Happy Saturday, friends! It’s been a quiet day here in Brooklyn; after an unusually busy and social week, this introvert was ready for some serious down time, and I’m happy to say I got it. A fresh batch of chili is simmering in the crock pot, and while I wait for it to be ready,…
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…
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…
