I may have written this post, or one similar to it, before. I will write it again, because I continue to bump up against the need to learn the same lesson. I internally rail against the drudgery of ordinary life and look for escape. The unending repetitive nature of grocery shopping...
A couple of weeks ago, I went home to Alaska where I grew up. There are so many things I love about being back under my parents’ roof. The smell of clean laundry as soon as you walk in the door. Taco nights, when my brother and his wife come over and everyone teases me for putting...
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” - Matthew...
“But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.” (2 Corinthians 4:7, NIV) There’s been a nonstop stream of superhero movies over the last decade, including eighteen movies from the Marvel...
In July of last year, I experienced heart failure. Takatsubo cardiomyopathy, to be exact. A more informal name for it is broken-heart syndrome. It is usually triggered by emotional stress and anxiety. This, indeed, is what I had been experiencing prior to the attack. Copyright: irstone...
In the fast-paced, high-achievement culture of Silicon Valley, taking a full Sabbath day feels like a monumental, and often impossible, achievement. In my old job, when I tried to protect a work-free weekend day, I found I was still cramming 70-plus hours of work into 50-60 hours...
I am overwhelmed. This blog post is one week late. I haven’t been able to find the time, discipline, and motivation to sit down and get it done. There is always something else to distract me and keep me occupied—some very real and important distractions, some not so...
Listen to me, you descendants of Jacob,all the remnant of the people of Israel,you whom I have upheld since your birth,and have carried since you were born.Even to your old age and gray hairsI am he, I am he who will sustain you.I have made you and I will carry you;I will sustain you...
A little over a month ago, I did something that felt unusual and unnerving, especially for a workaholic like myself. I took a Sabbath. No, not one of those yearlong ones during which I’d don a robe and check into a monastery. Just a half-day one. Having recently wrapped up a...