When I buy a new purse, I vow to keep it as pristine as it is at that moment. But, inevitably, as time passes, the clutter of life creeps in. It starts with loose change, crumpled receipts, an extra pair of gloves, and several lozenges. By the time the straps crack and give up the … More A Time to Cast Away Stones
I found a flat spot on the uneven ground and carefully lowered my stiffening body onto it. Taking a deep breath of thin air, I gazed for miles across the northern Arizona landscape. Strokes of blue and brown seeped together at the horizon of the high desert. I had just climbed Mount Humphreys, scrambling … More A Time to Gather Stones
Pause… among the harried traffic, the hurried lines, the urgent calls. Selah Breathe. Another breath. Life given anew. Selah Dwell with… birdsong and morning sunlight and news unexpected. Selah Take a moment. Take it all in. Be still. Remember…. all the tears and turmoil and racing, anxious thoughts. Spent in the night. … More Selah {FMF: Pause}
What exactly is health? As a physician Osteopath, I am confronted with this question daily. How do we measure health? Is it in a momentary measurement – a blood pressure reading, for example? Or is it in a season like childhood, adolescence, or late adulthood? Or is it better to measure this over a lifetime, … More A Time to Heal
(photo credit: Nick Walker) The word “kill” leaves us cold. For all of us it brings something vivid to mind. Something we are eager to shy away from. In my more unreasonable moods, my mind goes to the tune of Video Killed the Radio Star… an old song that came out around the time I … More A Time to Kill
What makes you laugh? Honest laughter is one of those odd things we don’t choose to do. Something surprises us, catches us off guard, and we find ourselves laughing. The more unexpected, the bigger the belly laugh! One thing that never fails to get me laughing is when I get the hiccups. I get … More A Time to Laugh
“To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven.” Seasons… this is a foreign word for most of us in the modern world where light does not depend on the time of day nor our food options dictated by the time of the year. We feel the change in the … More Series: Seasons and Times of Life
Stuck… It is one of the most demoralizing words in the English language. It always has a negative connotation to it – I’m stuck in traffic, stuck at home, stuck between a rock and a hard place… What does it mean to be stuck? At its emotional core, there is a hopelessness to the word … More Feeling Stuck in Time
This My word for this year has been “banquet” and for all my good rationale at the start of the year as to why “banquet” would be a rich word to ‘feast’ on in the months to come, I found that I have not really stopped to reflect on this word much since. The cold … More Turning Water into Wine
Every year April Fool’s day holds special significance for me. It is my official “half birthday” landmark. This year I mark my halfway point to my 41st birthday. I have already survived the dreaded “over-the-hill” birthday and I am debating whether I should keep celebrating half birthdays since the once a year birthdays seem to … More The Foolish Picture of Marriage
Heartbeat of Time 