Jan. 5, 2026 For some reason, my reading pace slowed as I exited sabbatical and simultaneously launched several ventures over the past year . . . Much of what I’ve managed to read has been for the spiritual direction training program I’ll graduate from this April, after two and a half years. Even when not required, though, I’m drawn to works with a focus on the interior...
March 11, 2025 One of my stated goals of the sabbatical I took between April-December 2024 was spend more time reading for the joy of it. Do you love to read? I do, in theory. But in ordinary life, it seems I love less the reading, and more self-improvement. I’m mildly embarrassed at the designation of ‘self help’ that accompany many of the titles gracing my shelves. Each individual book has its...
Did you have a time when you asked what you would do with your life? Did you find an answer, then stop asking? I thought, when I was younger, that’s how it worked. People got jobs and that settled it. Fireman. Teacher. Pilot. As a college student, back when it wasn’t weird to be unsettled, when we were supposed to be dreaming about who we would become, I wrote a poem reflecting on this...