Posts: Gratitude
The Beauty of Belovedness
The infinite grace of writing and God
Apr 27, 2026
I broke up with writing last year. Wasn’t planning to, it just happened. We wanted different things, as they say, so we went our separate ways. There was no resistance from either end. It was oddly emotionless, leaving me numb for a long time to the breakup and unable to process it. Maybe I was trying to let it go to see if it would return, make its way back to me somehow.
A Divine-Filled Practice
Inviting God into the details
May 22, 2023
The fifth guy in one week showed up today to give us a quote. Seems all we’ve been doing lately is getting quotes for different services we need done around the house. Now it’s the front yard gate that needs repairing as well as our driveway, which needs a new seal coat. “Happy homeowning,” one salesman sarcastically said to me on the phone the other day.
Saying ‘No Thank You’ to Gratitude Practices
When popular spiritual practices just don’t work for you
Mar 19, 2019
I must confess something. It may come as a shock to some. Dare I say it out loud? Here goes… gratitude practices don’t work for me. In fact, I don’t even like them. There, I said it. Anything from gratitude lists, gratitude journaling, gratitude meditations, you name it, I’ve tried it. Repeatedly. Over an extended period of time. And it just doesn’t work for me.