to sabbath and to quest
I hear the echo of my mom when I say that I am behind in my reading. My appetite for reading always outpaces the amount of time that I allot for it. Is it that I need to ratchet down my expectations or that I need to carve out more space in my life for [...]
New Morning Confession
It is hard for me to admit that on occasion I do watch something on the Hallmark channel. Ok, in fact, I TiVo a weekday show called New Morning (not to be confused with Naomi’s New Morning on Sundays). At times it seems a bit cheesy but I have also heard inspirational stories on the [...]
Modeling Wellness for Our Congregations
One of my interests has been the emergence of linkages between health resources and religious institutions. I’ve been very open about my efforts to incorporate more healthy habits in my day with the hopes of modeling better self-care in the process of attempting to do it. Not only have I found that church staff need [...]
Developing an Instinct
Wow, almost three weeks since my last post. I’ve been busy as usual with work, but I’ve also been putting a lot of focus into keeping up my new healthy habits. I’m working on making it an instinctual thing instead of needing to invest as much energy into putting my health first. The focus has [...]
Walking down a new path
Turning over a new leaf? I’m not a big fan of that saying anymore. It came to mind this week as I started my new schedule at work which includes the radical concept of a lunch break. Not only was I going to be taking a needed break during my day, but it gives me [...]
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