Hello, friend. Here in North Georgia, it’s been dreadfully and dangerously hot. I hope wherever you are that you are staying hydrated and safe. I know even friends in New England have been suffering under this latest heat wave. Last week, I sent you a note about collective wellness and the myth of rugged individualism finding its way into our beliefs about wellness. This week, I want to share a little more about our separation and get some thoughts flowing about how it could be different....
8 months ago • 2 min read
Hello, friend. I haven’t said it here yet, but Happy Pride Month! It honestly feels a little strange to string those words together in this moment when so much is on the line for our community and when so many terrible things are happening all over the world. But it also feels incredibly important to take time to celebrate resilience, strength, and even joy. Most of all, I feel like it’s an important time to take a step back and consider what community really is and what we might need to...
8 months ago • 4 min read
Hello all and Happy Friday. I hope this email finds you able to find moments of hope, inspiration, and even joy. I’m dealing with a springtime cold, so I’ll keep this brief today – otherwise, I’ll be sure to ramble! In the past week, we’ve had a house finch couple build a nest on our front porch. It’s one of the things we most look forward to this time of year as generation after generation of these little songbirds find a refuge just outside of our door. We don’t mind the small mess, and we...
11 months ago • 3 min read
Hello, friends. Quick announcement that I’ve set some dates for an important LGBTQIA+ Allyship workshop and the Spring 2025 Cohort for my LGBTQ+ Spirituality course!! More info follows after this week’s reflection. (So if this reflection isn’t resonating, feel free to scroll past – though I hope you will read it!) Now that we have a clearer idea of what we are facing (and see the ways companies, professionals, and institutions are willingly acquiescing) we know better how to resist and how to...
12 months ago • 4 min read
Hello, friends. Maybe you've had some similar thoughts in these past few days. So I share mine with you here in this essay. I'm with you. "No, actually. God is *not* in control." In the past week, so many people have shared a statement, a posture that has been offered as some sort of quasi-comfort in some cases and a mandate in others. It goes like this (or similar): “God is in control.” My mind immediately goes to the Twila Paris song from the 1990s in my heyday of Contemporary Christian...
over 1 year ago • 4 min read
Hey y’all! How are you holding up in these last few days of Summer? Where we live, Summer is doing what I hope is one final stand before starting to (pretty please?) relent to the shifting of the seasons. It never fails that when I start to notice those first few cool mornings and that sense of the coming change that I also begin to itch for making some changes in myself. This year, I’m going to do a September Reset of my own making. I’ve been inspired by other challenges like a modified 75...
over 1 year ago • 4 min read
Hey, y'all, Here we are at the beginning of Pride month. And it seems like in recent years, the message gets louder and louder that Pride isn’t just a celebration, but rooted in protest or as so many memes say “a riot.” Though historical facts are often misconstrued in the memes and quippy posts, there is truth in this. However, I wish we would remember that Pride is more than even those two things. I wish we would most draw our attention to and remember that Pride was formed and rooted in...
over 1 year ago • 3 min read
Hello, everyone! I know it’s been way longer than 1-2 weeks since I last wrote. To be honest, between starting physical therapy (which has been kicking my butt!) for a post-surgical lingering issue, rolling out the curriculum for my cohort group, Free Spirit, and parenting-life, I’ve struggled to find the words I want to say or the energy to say them. But I also have a lot to share with you that I’m learning and some pretty good news. And I’m feeling back to myself so that I can write you...
almost 2 years ago • 4 min read
Hey, y’all! I am writing in the middle of what’s been a bit of a challenging week here. I hope that your week is going smoothly and bringing you glimmers of hope and peace. But if you’ve also had a challenging time, for whatever reason – I want you to know that you aren’t alone in it. The week hasn’t gone like I would have liked and we had a farm/homestead tragedy that included losing two of our animals (who were some of my favorites). But I had a pretty incredible experience on Saturday, and...
almost 2 years ago • 5 min read