Being Intentional About Writing Time

I do not need all the latest kitchen appliances or even a bouquet of handheld devices cribbed from the pegboards of Bed, Bath, and Beyond.  Give me a rubber spatula, a wooden spoon, and a few sharp knives. But what I crave – especially when I spend hours resting...

What the Farm Has Taught Me about Sabbath

Last night, some of our favorite people in the world joined us for our God’s Whisper tradition of a potluck and a bonfire.  We ate and talked and watched embers glow as the sun set. Then, Henry and Dylan (age 8) began playing whiffle ball.  Dan and Philip and...

Farms and Flashlights Stories

Past the garden and orchard, across the pasture, I can see just the top corner of the Lohr farmhouse.  A chimney, a tin roof, the upper quarter of a second-story window.  If I was in a a certain sort of mood, I might think of hauntings where movie families take up...