The wise store up knowledge of God’s word, which is pleasant to the soul and providentially protective.

Advent is time to prepare anew for God’s faithfulness, loving devotion, and hope.

The spiritual practice of prayer awakens us to the beautiful truth of our identity.

Discernment of desire, and the courageous humility to unfold it, enable us to become more fully ourselves.

Light is the foundation of our precious faith, which emboldens us to hope and calls us to love.

Our work in the world involves building ourselves into vessels for the Living God.

The stories Jesus told called into question stale traditions and called out social boundaries that defied His new law to love.

We wait, listen, and contemplate the job description for being human: act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with God.

Living by faith means learning to doubt man-made conventions of authority.

The way of love is one of surrender; take delight in the virtue of hope and cling to your faith.

Moral imagination asks us to be still, hold the facts in our mind, and widen our gaze.

The satisfaction we seek is the masterpiece that was with us in the beginning.

Langston Hughes gives poetic affirmation and guidance for how to navigate worldly obstacles with simplicity of faith.

Psalms are personal, spiritual expressions that often articulate the collective aspirations or anguishes of a community.

Leadership is the intention of a servant’s heart and action of a shepherd’s spirit.

Aspects of the kaizen philosophy can be witnessed as spiritual truths evidenced in the pursuit of wisdom and process of discernment.

We fight the good fight with the creative weapon of love.

Narratives fill the space, bend the boundaries, and provide richer language for more nuanced definitions.

How do we determine what God puts on our hearts to write, draw, or create?

Unity is a choice, and it’s free.

The spirit of service reaches out and pulls in, it empowers to break down walls and build up community.

The road to salvation tapers toward simplicity and squeezes away the excess that pollutes, distorts, or wastes energy.

Do you have a vision for your life, work, and legacy? What does it look like? More importantly, what does it feel like?

In reverence to and consideration of the Divine, we are also moved to appreciate and learn from children and how to surrender into the living present.

With fervor and zeal, we allow ourselves to be led along, dancing into the darkness where discovery lies.

Society is like a field, full of verdant greens, heavenly hues, and budding blooms. All need to be tended, understood, and cultivated.

When we come alive to our true nature, we are open to encounter, in service to each other, and resistant to traps of the material world.

Writing opens the door to listening – most importantly, listening to others, but firstly, ourselves.

Stories unite and invite encounter to imagine and re-frame what we believe and know with more empathy, nuance, and depth.

Community clarifies who we are, who we love, and what we wish to keep out of harm’s way. What if we chose our words as if protecting that which we love?