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Three words on a book jacket stopped me: The Great Perhaps. An essay on what happens when life begins to feel settled, why settling may be a greater danger than failure, and why hope requires imagination. The question isn’t whether the circumstances are right — it’s what might still be possible with the life you actually have.
I recently wrote about watching the Odyssey and how Homer’s ancient story is really our story — each of us longing to find our way home. The response was great. So many of you reached out to say you recognized yourself in Odysseus’ journey — the wandering, the longing, the desperate effort to return to …
Continue reading "The Long Way Home: When Failure Becomes Formation."
Photography (Washington Football Team at Philadelphia Eagles, January 3, 2021), licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ Knowing your direction is one thing. Staying the course when it gets difficult is another. Last week, we discussed the difference between a map and a compass — how beginning again requires orientation more than certainty. But what happens when …
When the way forward isn’t clear, we long for a map. But life and faith offer something different — a compass. This reflection explores how rediscovering true north helps us begin again, even in the fog.
We often miss the beauty of life that is right in front of us because we are easily distracted. We don't mean for it to happen—it just does. Life gets noisy, the phone lights up, notifications buzz, and before we know it, our attention is scattered across a dozen places at once, and we're not …
Continue reading "A Beautiful Life—Right Here: Rediscovering Presence in a Distracted World"
Around the Bend As we journey along the path of life and faith, there are times when we come to a crossroads and face a decision. Do we choose the familiar, the safe, the known? Or do we take a leap of faith into the unknown, trusting that the path will unfold before us as …
We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. T.S. Elliot To travel is to explore. It forces you out of your familiar surroundings and patterns and takes you into the unknown. In a new place, …
I started the day early with a cup of coffee. I went to the refrigerator for creamer and on the door of the fridge is a picture of our grandson, Landon. There he is with a big smile giving a thumbs up. I found my creamer and as the door closed, I gave him a …
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