Deep Roots

In the native tall grass prairie, roots go several feet down into the earth. The grass might be burned or frozen or eaten to the ground, but even when it looked to be gone, most of the plant was just fine, merely invisible underground.

What is your hope grounded in?

Love Notes

Psychologists talk about “love languages” that help couples to connect in the ways that are most meaningful to each person. But our love reaches out so much further than to our partners or our immediate families.

How do you express your love for the world?

Anything Can Happen

“Listen to the mustn’ts, child. Listen to the don’ts.
Listen to the shouldn’ts, the impossibles, the won’ts.
Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me…
Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.”
― Shel Silverstein

What has genuinely surprised you?

In View

This modern world provides us with so many ways to get glimpses into the lives of others. We have the choice whether to take a broad or narrow view.

Where do you turn to get a broader view of the world?