when the artist makes it big

by | Feb 28, 2011 | art, grace, vocation

We love those small to big stories, the ones where the janitor goes from singing in the hallways after hours to singing on a stage in front of millions. We love the underdog — Cinderella, Susan Boyle, the East Dillon Lions. But then if they get too big,...

Weekend Links to chat about

by | Feb 26, 2011 | Uncategorized

The Relevant Conference :: Tickets go on sale at midnight EST on March 1. And that means on the east coast you have to stay up late on February 28th to buy them. So really, they go on sale February 28th really late at night. That always confuses me, the midnight...

For When You Need to be Rescued

by | Feb 25, 2011 | breathe

Sometimes I have dreams where I call 911 and nobody answers. It just keeps ringing, and so I re-dial slow like molasses, and wait and worry, but no one is ever there. It’s terribly lonely and panicky, that dream. I know as women these days, we’re not...

the stuff dreams are made of

by | Feb 23, 2011 | faith

I eat my special K with a play spoon from their kitchen. And in the doing, I realize there’s a reason it’s only for make believe. Cereal doesn’t stay long on flat. But they play like it’s real, and I think about how much they long for their own...

on making a decision

by | Feb 22, 2011 | Compassion Philippines, faith

For the last 12 days, I’ve been struggling with a decision. I’ve been up too early and too late, I’ve cried and worried and made up my mind and then changed it. Ten times. All this time, I was waiting for a feeling of peace, and it never really came....