I have encountered many people over the years who mention the practice of journaling in some form of the comment, “I’ve always wanted to start, but I can never keep up with it.” Or my favorite, “I have so much to say in my head, but I wouldn’t know how to write it down.” TheseContinue reading “How to Start (and Stay) Journaling”
Tag Archives: spirituality
River Road
[Reflections on home] The concept of “home” has always intrigued me. During the past month, I’ve experienced a brilliant collision of presence and home, and I’ve found that one catalyzes the other. Let me explain. In high school, I believed home was this allusive place. I called it Elsewhere. During college, home felt halfway betweenContinue reading “River Road”
Small Frames
In June I had the pleasure of meeting a smell-the-roses type of human, which is more rare than you might think. “Smell the roses” is a hackneyed phrase that my highschool English teacher strongly discouraged, but I’ve found that we, as a collective, hear those words more frequently than we actually think about or implementContinue reading “Small Frames”
Potentiality & Magic
This afternoon I ran into a long-time family friend who recently graduated from theology school. She’s a true Appalachian woman – 60-something, raised on a dairy farm, no nonsense haircut that hasn’t changed since she was five – you get the picture. Looking at her, you would never guess that her house doubles as aContinue reading “Potentiality & Magic”
Limbo
After a four-year hiatus, I have decided to revamp the blog. It’s a decision born from creative impulse, yes, but it is also a response to the sense of destabilization that’s permeated life lately. When I wrote my first post, I was a nineteen-year-old college freshman with bottle-blonde hair and a bad tan. I wasContinue reading “Limbo”
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