The Contemplative Strangler: 2 Poems

‘There is a contemplative in all of us,    almost strangled    but still alive,    who craves quiet    enjoyment of the now,    and longs to touch    the seamless    garment of silence ...

Isolation and Belonging by Heidi Greiner-Miller

A good two years ago, when God was walking me through a lot of my healing and restoring me back into his church, I always had a longing to be known and valued in a community. But I continually fought feelings of not being worthy or good enough. I had a ton of internal...

Shit: Excerpt from F. Buechner’s “Book of Bebb”

Bebb said, "That man knows his history, Antonio. It’s his special subject, and he knows it inside and out. He reeled off a whole list of times and places where he said we’d met before. He told about the days they had children eight, ten years old and...

Penny’s Thoughts on Life by Penny Gabor

Having read something inspiring this morning, I sit down once again to respond with my own thoughts.  I seem to do this frequently, but my life is crammed with my four little kids all vying for my attention, so this probably won’t last too long.  I will soon...