women in the trenches — tina wells

Today, I’m interviewing Tina Wells in our ongoing “Women in the Trenches” series. I have known Tina for years and years and years. She was in the same graduating high school class as my older sister, and I was in the same class with Tina’s younger sister, Annette. So,...

care-fully

Today’s meditation is about caring. To me, caring is about showing up to life, participating. Kathleen Norris writes, “Care derives from an Indo-European word meaning “to cry out,” as in a lament. Caring is not passive, but an assertion that no matter how strained and...

the spacious place

I wrote this as a guest post recently, and I wanted to share it with you here. As you read, consider leaving a comment to the question I ask at the end of the post. Your words might be just what someone else needs to hear. *** Over the last three years—since becoming...

saltines & sardines

Further thoughts on the loaves and fish . . . Sometimes our five loaves and two fish look more like a handful of stale saltine crackers and a sardine carcass. We had wanted to wait until our five loaves and two fish looked more like a special delivery from Dean and...

my offering

A meditation for you this week: You may be facing the insurmountable, or so it feels. Swirling from too many demands, too little resources. In the chaos of those feelings—and they are chaotic, fragmenting, corrosive—could we stop? Stop moving our bodies. Stop moving...