Monthly Archives: September 2009

Families and Trees

I am basking in the blessing of family. Family here, family there, family everywhere. I spent a huge amount of my teens and early twenties surrounded by friends. After my dad died I was shipped off to boarding school and that’s where I made my own family. I mean… I saw my real family on [...]

Twisted (a recycled blog)

When trees are hit by lightning they are never struck straight down from top to bottom. Rather the lightning wraps itself in a coil around the tree, cutting long rivets right through the bark all up and down the tree. The tree is stripped bare. If the tree survives, it continues to grow upwards into [...]

Living in Color

“One of the greatest moments in anybody’s developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is.” -Norman Vincent Peal
“Live with your whole being all the days of your life! Your reward will be true happiness!” -Rebecca Thomas Shaw
“Youth is, after all, [...]

This Just in… (at least for me)

My friend read my post on The Shack. She didn’t leave a comment (shame shame) but she did give me this link. It’s rare that you get such candid insight on the work of a writer. I think with a book like this interpretation is needed.
William Paul Young: A Look Inside \"The Shack\"

Write it on an Easle

Whenever I go to an art gallery I always get lost in the flow of creativity. All those masterpieces, glowing and glittering around me. How could I not feel inspired? My dad was a painter. Every Spring cleaning we find another Michelangelo book or a compilation of prints he forgot in an old sketchbook or [...]

Mr. Young and His Shack

“If anything matters than everything matters. Because you are important, everything you do is important. Every time you forgive, the universe changes; every time you reach out and touch a heart or a life, the world changes; with every kindness and service, seen or unseen, my purposes are accomplished and nothing [...]