Dare to Open Your Heart
Longing :: Week 6 Love is in the air. Valentine’s Day is tomorrow. My mom has always celebrated Valentine’s Day with me. Brings me to... Read More
3 Practices to Beat the Winter Blues
Longing for Spring (PART II of II) As mentioned in last week’s post, for many of us, winter can be a difficult season—short, frigid days... Read More
10 Ways to Hear the Inner Voice
Longing :: Week 3 (SPOILER ALERT for the film Zero Theorem) Discerning one’s vocation or purpose in life is not an easy undertaking. In college,... Read More
Do you avoid or embrace your desires?
Longing :: Week 2 Longings are like growing pains in that their origins can be difficult to trace, and yet they give indication of something... Read More
7 life lessons to guide 2015
Today I’m taking in the New Year at the world’s best coffee house—seriously. I’ve tasted a lot of coffee all over the world and Archetype in Omaha... Read More
Hermitage Part 5: Grappling with the sin of Christianity
As I waited for Twin Hearts shuttle I wondered who the driver would be. As the dark blue van inched its way up the mountain,... Read More
Hermitage Part 4: What is the Lama Foundation?
Though the community was being very respectful of my hermit solitude, before leaving Lama I wanted to get a tour of the place and learn... Read More
Hermitage Part 3: What do bears have to teach us?
When I awoke the next morning at 4:30, the clear sky had turned to snow-cloud-covered and I found my hermitage blanketed beneath clean, white, soft... Read More
Hermitage Part 2: What did Jesus mean that we must become like a child?
Unless you are born again, you cannot see the Kingdom of God. John 3:3 Unless you become like a child, you will never enter the... Read More
Hermitage Part 1: Why make hermitage?
My recent hermitage was such a special time that when I came out of solitude I spent the next few days reflecting, processing and integrating.... Read More
