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- January, 2009
I am writing this on New Year’s Day, the
official release date of my newest book,
Rest: Living in Sabbath Simplicity. I’m so excited about this book, for a
number of reasons. First, it’s been two
years since my last book (Oxygen)
released, and that feels like a long time.
It’s been a long journey with a few detours,
so I’m delighted to finally have something
to show for all that hard work.
Read the entire
January 2009 issue!
- February, 2009
We are living in times more financially
difficult than anyone under the age of 70 or
so can probably remember. It seems every
week we hear about another company going out
of business or laying off thousands of
workers. Upwards of 25 percent of U.S.
homeowners are “upside down” on their
mortgages—meaning they owe more than the
house is worth. Our lives feel uncertain.
Anxiety has become normal.
Read the entire
February 2009 issue!
- March, 2009
Faith is the
hope of things unseen, the Bible says. We gardeners
know this to be true—we watch tiny seeds turn into
something beautiful. We have a front row seat to the
miracle of transformation—a patch of mud and dried
leaves becomes a tapestry of flowers and edibles.
Read the entire
March 2009 issue!
- April, 2009
In the 1920s, many American universities
and libraries were closed to women. It was
assumed they had no need of higher education
or creative pursuits. Their role was simply
to support men in their endeavors. This
historical context helps us to see that
Virginia Woolf’s words in her 1929 book A
Room of One’s Own are particularly bold:
“Literature is open to everybody….
Lock up your libraries if you like; but
there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you
can set upon the freedom of my mind,” she
wrote.
Read the entire
April 2009 issue!
- May, 2009
I am writing this on a laptop borrowed from
my friend Wendy, because my computer
is in the shop. This makes me feel
grateful--not just for the computer, but for
Wendy, and for other people who hold
me up, who support me. Yesterday, I had to
go to the public library to check
e-mail. Today, Wendy invited me to her home to
work. When I arrived, her beautiful
dining room table was set up with this laptop,
along with a sweet little tray with
snacks, fresh strawberries and a hand-painted
pitcher of water and glass. I felt so
loved--so supported.
Read the entire
May 2009 issue!
Summer is here—the kids are out of
school, or will be in a few days. Moms are
trying to enjoy the last few days of
solitude as they slip through our fingers.
Our
calendars are crowded with graduation
parties, end of school events, and so on.
Read the entire
June 2009 issue!
It’s been said that if we forget the
past, we are destined to repeat its
mistakes. So
I wonder what will happen in a
culture focused on the here and now, a
culture that
proclaims anything not the
latest and greatest is “so five minutes
ago.”
Read the entire
July 2009 issue!
Where do you find God? My friend Arloa,
who ministers to and lives among the poor
on
Chicago’s west side, says she meets God in
the presence of the poor. She notes
that
Psalm 34 says that God is close to the
brokenhearted, so if you want to find
God,
you go to where the brokenhearted are. And
she finds that many of the
homeless,
addicted, abused people who receive her care
are brokenhearted —and
she’s experienced the
presence of God in their midst.
Read the entire
August 2009 issue!
How do you live a
compassionate life, when your life is
already full? How do you
engage in God’s
work when you are overwhelmed by your own
work?
Read the entire
September 2009 issue!
One of the most enjoyable parts of writing a
book is when the book is actually
written, edited, printed, etc. and
you can hold in your hands and think, I made
this.
God birthed this through me. It’s not
unlike having a child.
Read the entire
October 2009 issue!
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