The Sabbath of Sundays

While I am truly a fan of sabbath and rest, I confess that, unfortunately, I do not always execute this aspect of my week as well as the other things I plan in the days of my week. I am working on it, which I find ironic, really, this having to work at resting. But, I...

No Second Guesses Here

Way back when, when I was in graduate school for my Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (MFA), I took a couple of different classes in adapting novels for the screen, and, while it was an interesting course, I don’t think I ever truly understood or appreciated the...

Baby Steps & Small Beginnings

Sometimes, when we try to measure our progress, we can miss how far we’ve come along the path of our journey because baby steps are harder to measure. And yet, they are the true measurement of our resilience and commitment in the face of difficult journeys. As we...

The Wholeness of Wellness

Is there anything better than when the mantle of sickness finally begins to lift? After nasal congestion and stuffed-up noses that make sleeping feel impossible and the sapping of energy from several days of feeling less than 100 percent, when the symptoms that have...

Love in Health & Colds

If you’re married, or if you have ever watched a movie in which two people get married, you are probably familiar with wedding vows, including the line to love one another in sickness and in health. Now, while some vows have morphed over the years, some being dropped...