One particular Wednesday morning, I was invited to visit a family who had been eager to receive me in their home—a very tiny one bedroom, with a kitchen attached to a super small living area and a pit toilet that also served as a shower for a fami...

Have you ever been stuck in “stinking thinking” (or what my Southern roots would call, “stankin’ thankin’)? You know that kind of thinking that is negative, whiny, and just can’t see anything good in life? Sadly, I must confess to falling into thi...

I open my blue and white journal to a random page and this is what I find: 

Language can be fascinating, rich, and confusing. I’m sure we all have stories of how this has proved true in sharing spiritual truth. There are so many phrases from our native language that we are sure of (or maybe not) but are challenges to expr...