Contemplate {a #poem}

Contemplate {a #poem}

by | Jun 20, 2020 | Life & Faith

I’ve no chisel but this pen chipping at paper like stone, carving words, not to build but bend graphite like steel, curve the bones (Dear God, not break) but lay in place and then form a space to hold a new edifice, sculpt and rest and tap some more while You...
Seven Books for the Seasons

Seven Books for the Seasons

by | Jan 30, 2020 | On Reading

Did you know that woodchucks (aka the groundhog) and Jesus’ birthday have something in common? On the church calendar, February 2nd is Candlemas, the last Feast Day in the Christian year dated in reference to Christmas. This celebration of Candlemas marks the...

Five Questions for…Sophfronia Scott

by | Jun 9, 2018 | On Writing

I  met Sophfronia Scott at the Festival of Faith and Writing in Grand Rapids April 2018.  I’d admired her writing work from afar, particularly an essay in Ruminate magazine about dancing in her kitchen. I knew she’d be speaking at the Festival and scanned...

Aging With Grace–40 Women Over 40 Tell All

by | Apr 30, 2018 | Book Reviews

Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you. Isaiah 46:4 NIV Two weeks ago I took my first ever trip to Grand Rapids, Michigan, to attend the Festival of...