How the Power of Play Brings You Closer to God

April 11, 2023.Reading time 9 minutes.

I had a gift card burning a hole in my pocket, and that’s how I came to be out our local Barnes & Noble one Friday morning. The last time I stepped into a Barnes & Noble, we were living in a different state, and the bookstore had been connected to a mall, back when […]

We Were Made for This (the Spiritual Practice of Creativity)

February 8, 2022.Reading time 8 minutes.

We stood before the painting, side by side, admiring the larger-than-life flowers in a vase on the stool. My husband and I were on a day date while our kids were in school; usually we would grab a bite to eat between errands on a free day, but we were feeling fancy. Other museum guests […]