Some Thoughts on Prayer

Some Thoughts on Prayer

Some Thoughts on Prayer Prayer is vastly superior to worry. With worry, we are helpless; with prayer, we are interceding. When I hear sad…

Here We Go: Lessons for Living Fearlessly from Two Traveling Nanas

Here We Go: Lessons for Living Fearlessly from Two Traveling Nanas

Eleanor Hamby and Sandra Hazelip’s Here We Go: Lessons for Living Fearlessly from Two Traveling Nanas (Viking, 2025) is nothing short of amazing. I’ve…

The Gift of Gratitude

The Gift of Gratitude

“If you’re not starving for food, if you’re not worried that someone’s going to take you captive or steal your possessions, and if you…

Here Comes the Sun: Bill McKibben on Solar Power, Climate Hope, and Ending Fossil Fuels

Here Comes the Sun: Bill McKibben on Solar Power, Climate Hope, and Ending Fossil Fuels

I want to do my small bit toward helping this major idea on its way. Here is a way this major book is advertised:…

Life is Not Easy

Duties of Living

Out of the vast reservoir of human’s, we are individuals – each making our way alone. We are the captain of our individual life….

How Do We Pray? Grace, Mystery, and the Law of the Universe

How Do We Pray? Grace, Mystery, and the Law of the Universe

Let’s start off with a quote from: Inside cover. Richard J. Foster, Prayer: Finding The Heart’s True Home, Harper San Francisco, 1992. “The truth…

Self Care - 7-12-25

Self Care – 7-12-25

My life would be quite different if I’d encountered this basic good-ideas, heart-affirming philosophy and pure practical information earlier in my life. (Actually this…

Post about Anger by JoAnn Lordahl

ANGER

Today’s Blog is aimed directly at me! My occasional long-term descent into automatic anger is absorbed all those many years ago modeling my father….