Prophet and Poet, Part III

I’m still musing on parts one and two of this series — and apparently some of you are too — so I thought I’d go ahead and write a part III. Let’s talk about calling. First, there are those of us who feel as though a calling or callings...

Prophet and Poet, Part II

I keep thinking about my post from Monday, so I thought I’d listen to the resonance and provide a second installment of the post, perhaps more personal this time. Maybe this is me commenting on my own post. Hmmmmm . . . that’s interesting. I confess to being a shoe...

Prophet and Poet

Last night, I read a beautiful chapter from Kathleen Norris’ (poet turned memoirist) The Cloister Walk, a memoir of her time in residence at St. John’s Abbey in Minnesota, living thoroughly within the monastic tradition. In the piece I was reading, Norris had been...

A Blog, a Video, a Column

In addition to my own blog, I guest blog for a couple of military support sites that provide amazing resources for military families and spouses. I always like to provide a link when one of my piece’s posts because I want you to know sites like these exist in...

Tweeter-Tottering OR How Twitter Is Healing Me

I began tweeting this week. On Tuesday, to be exact. After months and months of tweeter-tottering, I jumped into the madness. For too long, I’ve been methodically rehearsing all the reasons why Twitter just isn’t something I can commit to, isn’t something I can...