Independence Day in America?: Grace in the Time of Corona

Independence Day in America?: Grace in the Time of Corona

At the dawn of this holiday weekend, I received another of a sporadic series of videos and memes from an elder neighbor. I don’t know this spunky woman well and I assume no ill of her intent with her shares. But they are always diametrically opposed to my own...
Nature Solace, Part I: Grace in the Time of Corona

Nature Solace, Part I: Grace in the Time of Corona

Pandemic salve, solace, and salvation have manifested in the form of forested park walks these last nearly four months. Hardly a day has passed without their denouement. Emotional fatigue, battles of the mind, of the heart, were almost always dissected in the cocoon...
WWJD?: Grace in the Time of Corona

WWJD?: Grace in the Time of Corona

These. Are candid words. They will be offensive to some. I speak my truth. Sometimes truth hurts. I was raised Southern Baptist. It wasn’t until working for the denomination, in my fifth communications position, that I saw true Christian love demonstrated and...

Kindling a Forest Fire of Thoughts: Grace in the Time of Corona

COVID-19 has been many things to each of the many of us. Right now, I’m working on neutrality. It’s not an easy place. It’s a Buddhist place, although I’m not a Buddhist or anything but spiritual. By neutral, I mean attempting to observe and...
Quarantine Birthday No. 2: Grace in the Time of Corona

Quarantine Birthday No. 2: Grace in the Time of Corona

Happy birthday, yesterday, to my only child. My daughter. My baby—now grown up young woman. Last year you turned a quarter of a century and those closest to you gathered at a restaurant and celebrated your milestone birthday. This year, while only a year older, of...