Look to God and Live… Joyfully!

I need to preface this post with the following disclaimer: I wrote this between 2 and 3:00 in the morning Sunday morning. I am not fully accountable for any mixed analogies or crazy leaps of “logic.” Just warning in advance 😁 On October 31, 1517 Martin Luther nailed his now famous 95 Theses on the…

A couple weeks ago there was a breaking news story that caught my attention. NASA sent a spacecraft out with the mission of hitting an asteroid and knocking it out of orbit. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft orbited the sun for ten months searching for Dimorphos, a small space rock. On September 26th…

Several years ago my dear friend and I took an Anne and Diana pilgrimage to Prince Edward Island, Canada. For those who are uninitiated, PEI is the home of Anne of Green Gables and her best friend Diana, characters from a beloved series of books and a popular television miniseries. As my friend and I…

The philosopher and writer Henry David Thoreau wrote, “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.” I’ve been thinking a lot about this idea this week. Doesn’t it feel like a lot of people are surviving, but not really living? As I’ve interacted with people I’ve come…

My puppy is in danger. At least he thinks so. Toby, my 8-month old Bernese Mountain Dog, keeps seeing frightening dogs everywhere he looks. I first discovered this one night when he was looking out the french doors and was frantically barking. It was so intense that it made me a bit nervous, despite the…