Never Enough
“Not good enough.” It’s a phrase that shows up in my head uninvited, with regularity. (And yes, for those of you wondering, I am an Enneagram One and my…
Make Time for Grown-Up Friendships
No one ever told me how important the friends I made in my twenties would be. There's something about grown-up friendships. Those were the years when I was enough of…
S6 E10 | How to Receive the Time We’re Given with Jen Pollock Michel
Does anxiety characterize your relationship with time? Author Jen Pollock Michel talks with Amy Julia Becker about our posture towards time and her new book In Good Time, and she…
Time and the Luxury of Ethics
“Ethics becomes a luxury as the speed of our daily life increases.” - Judith Shulevitz talking to Ezra Klein (Episode: Sabbath and the Art of Rest) This conversation on the…
S6 E9 | Spiritual Timekeeping in a New Year with James K. A. Smith
Do you feel like there isn’t enough time or wish you could just get a better hold on time? This episode is a chance to enter into a way of…
In Good Time
One of my biggest spiritual struggles is with time. There are times when I treat time as a god. As if I can appease time and then time will reward…
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How Do We Love Our Kids for Who They Are, Not for What They Do?
We want our kids to understand they are loved for who they are and not for what they do. But how can we live that out as their parents? It…
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Our Calendars Are Spiritual Documents
Our calendars are spiritual documents. In our modern world, time is a precious commodity. And how we use/spend/give that time tells us what and who we value most. I recently…
A Mom’s Circles of Grace
On Thursday, I got in the car at 3:20 to pick Penny up at school and take her to dance. Then I came home to pick Marilee up and take…
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Healing Is Slow
As some of you already know, I had my own bout with Covid last week. I felt miserable for a full two days, and I am still sleeping more than…
