Handling the Heat of Summer
Summer heat has arrived here in southern Arizona. The mercury is now hitting triple digits every afternoon. This is typical for summer, but the low desert climate does bring its challenges. My vegetable garden is populated with non-native plants (everything from...
Caring for the Caregivers
One of the gifts in my life is my spiritual directors’ peer supervision group. We meet monthly to support each other in our ministries of spiritual guidance. Last week, I “presented myself” in relation to a situation that arose in a recent spiritual guidance session....
Persistence in the Winds of Life
As I sit to write this post, spring winds are causing the chimes outside my window to spring(!) to life. It’s always this way in the desert southwest. As a child, I didn’t love this season (despite having a spring birthday) because it seemed I always had windblown...
Faithful Nurturing of the Easter Message
Summer vegetable seeds are beginning to sprout in my garden. Days of patient waiting for eruptions of bright green from the midst of dark, nurturing soil are now being rewarded. I anticipate summer’s fruitfulness, but we have a long way to go. Between now and first...
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