Goldilocks and Our Imagination

Goldilocks and Our Imagination

Imagination acts as a vital building block for any creative endeavor. Described as the ability to dream up an image of something not actually present, imagination inspires creative ideas, inventions, and ingeniousness. When I ponder what to create, my mind pulls up...
Imagine What’s Possible

Imagine What’s Possible

Something about the beginning of the academic school year invigorates me. It might be because I was an elementary school teacher for two decades or that I’m a perpetual student myself.   I inhale the excitement of learning. I listen to the joy bubbling up in my...
Habits of the Heart

Habits of the Heart

As a young Christ-follower, I actively explored a variety of ways to know more about Christ. Knowing about Jesus became desiring to be WITH Jesus and I began to grasp that those are different things—knowing about and being with—yet both are vital to the soul’s faith...
The Comfort Zone of Habit

The Comfort Zone of Habit

Habits repeat themselves almost unconsciously. They feel comfortable, familiar: the usual way of doing things. I’m thankful for habits that help me breeze through the day. Truth be told, I pay little attention to my habits until something interrupts my way forward. My...
The Way of Rest as a Way of Writing

The Way of Rest as a Way of Writing

As writers, we think we know what we need. We need an idea. Make that two. Or ten. Or twenty-two.   We need a pen and a journal, or a keyboard and a computer, or maybe all of the above. And maybe we need just one more notebook. Or two. Or ten. Or twenty-two....

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