Tomorrow, I'll leave for Texas and the Laity Lodge Writer's Retreat. I was thinking it would be wonderful if we could all meet there together. But, we all know that's not possible, for many different and very good reasons. I wondered, however, if you might like to know a bit about how a retreat like …
Monday Morning
The first thing is the sound of silverware. Someone in the kitchen, emptying the dishwasher. I listen for the click-clack sound the dog makes when she paces up and down the hardwood floors. Nothing. No pacing. For the past two days I've been feeding her broken off bits from a slice of burnt …
What If You CAN Have Your Dream Job?
When Ruth Karlsson came to our church to talk about prison ministry, she spoke ten words that changed my life. No joke. Ruth told us that she used to have a regular job, a nine-to-five gig where she'd go in and do the things listed on her job description. It wasn't a bad job. It just didn't "feed" …
Keeping It Real
I met Thelma here at Jumping Tandem. We talk a lot behind the scenes, Thelma and I. She makes me laugh out loud. I like that in a friend. Lately, Thelma and I have been talking about voice. The voice that comes through when we write. We've had some good chats, so I asked Thelma if she'd write …