Paws with Jeff: A Reflection on Presence, Trust, and God
Jeff the cat resting nearby during a quiet moment of reflection
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Where I wasn’t Looking
Where I Wasn’t Looking: Finding God in Suffering
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A Tree Does Not Apologize for Rain
Trees are majestic. They can be enormous, ancient, twisted, scarred, perfectly straight, or bent by years of wind. Some are full and symmetrical. Others look as though half of them has been torn away. Yet there is no pretense about them. No ego trying to outdo the tree rooted beside them. No pride worrying about
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Standing in the Road
Sometimes a question comes at you before you know you are asking it. I was driving to work recently on a route I had not taken before. I had changed jobs and was experimenting with different ways to get there, looking less for the fastest route than for one that felt reasonably direct and a
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What Do I Expect?
I found myself sitting in the children’s section of church and loving it. It wasn’t really the children’s section. It was simply the back of the church where parents could sneak in late and, when necessary, make a quick exit with a restless child. With small children, it often seemed less a question of if
The Right Tools For the Job
For years, I tried to manage life with better techniques. What I eventually needed were different tools altogether—acceptance, humility, surrender, and a willingness to change from the inside.
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Sitting This One Out
Not every thought is a responsibility, and not every fear is a prediction. Sometimes peace begins when we notice what the mind is doing and choose not to follow it everywhere.
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Decisions, Decisions, Decisions.
I spent years waiting for certainty before I committed to anything. Eventually I learned that peace may begin not with knowing for sure, but with being willing to walk through a door.
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Eyes Wide Open
Meditation made sense to me with my eyes closed. The harder question was whether I could carry that same practice into the other 980 minutes of the day.