SOF: Fishing with Mystery

This week’s Speaking of Faith is a re-run, an episode I actually remembered well. It aired last summer for the first time, when I was busy in the kitchen baking and dreaming of learning to fly fish. This year, I listened again with rapt attention — amazing...

Light

We are officially in the heart of summer in Phoenix. The weather is so incredibly warm, it is unbelievable to me anything can thrive outside. And yet, the sunflowers reach for the sky. The tallest one in the garden must be 10 feet. They are glorious, with their...

Push

I haven’t been reading much lately. To be honest, I’ve been a bit out of sorts. Since Easter, the television came back on, junk food showed up in the pantry and a battle with anxiety began. I’ve started running again, knowing the exercise pumps...

Dinner and a Movie

I was in charge of the dinner: Strawberry salad Brie and berries Slow roasted tomatoes (I didn’t get a roasted photo, but let me say, I’ll be making these again. Simple cooking at its very best!) Rack of lamb Chocolate cake — which didn’t come...

A Choice

During a morning walk through the garden, watering the plants and thinking of the day ahead, I found myself wrapped in the words of Rumi. Stay bewildered in God, and only that. Those of you who are scattered, simplify your worrying lives. There is one righteousness:...