In every email I receive and each Zoom call I’m on, the phrase “new normal” is mentioned. People toss the phrase around referring to teaching their kids at home, “Well, I guess this is the new normal.” Others create workspaces in makeshift places around the house as th...

One week into staying at home during this pandemic.  The days have blurred together this past week.  Some days have passed quickly.  While others have felt never ending.  The first two days I wore my sweatpants.  Then I finally decided that wasn’t helping me differenti...

Kids are back in school.  Summer vacations are wrapping up.  Business meetings pick up again.  Football tickets have arrived in the mail.  Social gatherings fill the calendar.
 
Routines are settling back in.
 
As routines settle in, so does the hustle a...

When we ask other people how their day is going, the common response is one of three options: “Good,” “Fine,” or “Busy.”  Good and fine don’t exactly describe the day well.  We often use those as filler responses.  But my favorite answer? “Busy.”  We say it as though “...

Have you ever had a day where something chaotic can happen and it doesn’t faze you? Then another day the exact same thing can happen, and it totally upends your whole day? It drives me crazy when that happens.
 
I should be able to respond the same way across the board...

This morning I grabbed my favorite to-go cup to fill it up with English Breakfast tea to start the day. Now this cup is my favorite for two reasons. The first is that it holds a whole heck of a lot of caffeine. And Monday mornings need that much caffeine, am I right? B...

We are in the final week of Lent, this period of forty days in the church leading up to Easter.  Lent is often characterized as a season of wandering and waiting.  The church invites us to sit in this season and reflect on our need for God.  Reflect on our finitude and...

When we talk about the new year, we often use phrases such as “clean slate,” “fresh start,” or even “New Year, New Me.”  This year I’ve known so many people who were ready to kiss 2018 goodbye (myself included) and prayed that 2019 would be different.  It’s made me ask...

I spent the first week of July on vacation with family.  If you’ve never spent 4th of July in a small town in New England, you’re missing out.  There is more old-fashioned Americana spirit there than anywhere I’ve ever been for the holiday.  Everyone is decked out in r...

I receive self-help articles in my inbox every day.  And having my own private practice, I get a slew of “how-to” business articles as well.  Each email offers tips and recommendations to make me the “best version of myself.”  The articles recommend ways I can constant...