The word for 2020 turns out to be UNPRECEDENTED not VISION like I first thought. (2020 Vision—catchy right? Oh well) Photo by David Travis on Unsplash If you’re a word nerd like I am you probably have noticed the frequency of the use of the word unprecedented. The dictionary definition is “Never been done before.” Well, that’s not
Let’s get honest: You wear too many hats. Daughter. Friend. Leader. Co-worker. Let’s add some more: wife, mother, sister, grand daughter, cousin, neighbor, church member, committee member, PTA/PTO member, pet owner, home owner, car owner, AND the list goes on. If you are a parent of school age children you can add teacher to the
These are unprecedented times. Unprecedented times require new action to keep moving forward. I keep listing ideas and circling next best steps and yet… (This is a screenshot of the music video Atlas Seven by Sleeping at Last.) Right now, I imagine many of you are feeling a bit like this lyric. We’re still sheltering
Life in the time of COVID-19. I find myself phrasing it this way because of the title of the book Love in the Time of Cholera I’ve not read the book; the rhythm of the words in the title is what sticks to the rhythm of Life in the time of COVID-19. These are unprecedented
Photo by John Cameron on Unsplash Have you witnessed this? If you have been in the stores lately, gathering items you need, you’ve seen this scene being played out across the country and around the world. The Bay Area county where I live issued an unprecedented shelter in place order to mandate the social distancing that has been
June 2013 was a milestone month in our family. Our youngest son graduated from high school, preparing to attend college across the country. The nest was emptying; a familiar milestone, and for many parents a painful awareness of change. In our family not only was the nest emptied, we moved it to a new city.
Merry Christmas! My hope and prayer for you and yours is that you practice presence with one another. Be with your people. Slow down and enjoy the gathering, the laughter, tears, noise, food, all of it. A little season’s greeting without an invitation to any action today except pay attention to your people. Photo
As this day, this Christmas Eve dawns, I pray you find yourself able to enjoy the gatherings, and anticipate the celebration of birth of Jesus with the wonder of a child, with the joy of the shepherds, and heart of a seeker like the wise men who traveled from their faraway lands to meet Jesus.