One of my favorite poems ever (there are many, you can't expect me to pick just one) is Maya Angelou's "Caged Bird." If you haven't read it, where ...
Why am I doing this? Questions for heart-weary creatives
Am I completely crazy? I'm sure that countless photographers, writers, and artists of all kinds have said that. I'm certain that my loved ones have ...
Born
“Christ could be born a thousand times in Bethlehem – but all in vain until He is born in me.” -Angelus Silesius Can you make space this holiday ...
Asperger’s from the Inside, 2.0
Back in April I wrote an article that I never expected to write, on a topic that I usually avoid. That is Asperger's Syndrome, or Autistic Spectrum. ...
Reflecting
"...and I said to my body, softly, 'I want to be your friend.' It took a long breath, and replied, 'I have been waiting my whole life for this.'" -- ...
Ripple Effect
I've been thinking lately, about consequences. About the ripples we make, not knowing, sometimes not caring, how far they go or whose lives they ...
To My Demons, with Love
We all have a few of them, don't we? Do you ever get tired of fighting them? Perhaps you don't have to. Perhaps they were never intended to make ...
Soul Tides
Amazing poetry from Erin Hanson. Don't be anything less than the very deepest truth you can be. ...
To the Limits of Your Longing
"God speaks to each of us as he makes us, then walks with us silently out of the night. These are the words we dimly hear: You, sent out beyond your ...
Departure and Return
--edited to include full poem-- "To go forth now from all the entanglement that is ours and yet not ours, that, like the water in an old ...