The Gift of the Magi
This Christmas, I felt like Peter and I were living out our own version of the O. Henry short story, The Gift of the Magi. Do you know it? This…
This Christmas, I felt like Peter and I were living out our own version of the O. Henry short story, The Gift of the Magi. Do you know it? This…
In 2022, I’m trying to practice slowing down, so I was intrigued by Cal Newport’s idea of “slow productivity” in a recent essay in the New Yorker. And yet Newport…
I didn’t expect to open a package and find a copy of To Be Made Well, but it was so exciting to hold it in my hands. This is the…
I asked Penny if she would be willing to answer a few questions about her experience with the PATH process. These are her unedited responses: How would you explain what…
Once a year, a group of people from Penny’s school, family, and community gather together with her to talk about her hopes and dreams for the future through a process…
I know the idea of welcoming a new year is to look ahead. Make resolutions. Set goals. Establish new routines. But before I do any of that, I need to…
Penny started planning for her Sweet Sixteen three years ago. It was the topic of many a family walk—who would be invited, what the menu would entail, how we would…
Quick links to favorite books for kids and adults that we read in 2021: The Hiding Place Chains, Forge, and Ashes Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Concrete Rose Ranger’s…
Quick Links to 9 of my favorite non-fiction books in 2021: Dear White Peacemakers The Deeply Formed Life Art + Faith The Whole Language Wondrously Wounded No Cure for Being…
As we near the end of 2021, I'm returning to one of the most listened to (and possibly most appreciated) episodes from this past year—my conversation with Osheta Moore about…