Food on Fridays: The Spirit of Food (THC Book Club Discussion-Week One)
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View ArticleMega Memory Month 2011: Finishing Well (revisiting John 15)
Whether it’s a year (Happy 2011!), a project, a commitment or a lifetime, I long to finish well.So as I launch Mega Memory Month 2011 (MMM), I start to worry a little.Will I finish well?It’s...
View ArticleSlow-Down Fast & Simplify: Silence & Solitude
On a day when I’m considering how to simplify, you might wonder why I have not just one blog button but two in place. I’m inviting you to join me as I embark on a “Slow-Down Fast”: a season dedicated...
View ArticleThere & Back Again: My First Ash Wednesday
I pulled my hair back this morning. Normally I wear it down, but long strands will sometimes flop down against my face, angling in such a way that it cuts right across my forehead. Today, I swept my...
View ArticleVacate
From Prayer, by Philip Yancey: “Be still and know that I am God”: the Latin imperative for “be still” is vacate. As Simon Tugwell explains, “God invites us to take a holiday [vacation], to stop being...
View ArticleFood on Fridays: Vacation Food
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View ArticleFood on Fridays: Reclaim Mealtime Conversation
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View ArticleA Sacred Pathway
On Friday, before speaking at a MOPS group about slowing down in our fast-paced world, I stopped to snap a couple of photos. Days of rain had given us nothing but gloomy gray skies, but that morning I...
View ArticleFood on Fridays: Tea Is Necessary
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View ArticleNot So Fast at Soul Stops, Pt. 2
If you’re moving a little too fast today, feeling rushed and stressed, I encourage you to take two minutes to listen to the following song. I suspect you’ll be grinning by the time the Smothers...
View ArticleNot So Fast at Soul Stops, Pt. 2
If you’re moving a little too fast today, feeling rushed and stressed, I encourage you to take two minutes to listen to the following song. I suspect you’ll be grinning by the time the Smothers...
View ArticlePeople and Privacy
I was talking with a friend of mine about how people relate—or don’t relate—in our world today.My friend said, “I heard a story about an 80-year-old lady, Miss Jessie Parker, who used to talk about the...
View ArticleGreen Mama Book Giveaway
I met Tracey Bianchi earlier this year at the Festival of Faith & Writing. As we introduced ourselves, she recognized my name as the author of The Contemplative Mom, a book she had been given many...
View ArticleSimple Ways We've Gone Green
Visit this post at NotSoFastBook.com to enter the Green Mama book giveaway—ends Saturday morning, June 19.Each weekend during soccer season, we tote collapsible chairs to and from our kids’ matches....
View ArticleFood on Fridays: It's Alive!
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View ArticleTuning In and Out
Yesterday at High Calling Blogs, Michelle of Graceful posted a story about how she was caught fake-listening to her son. As the content editor for this article, I worked with Michelle on the piece and...
View ArticleBike Lock Debacle
As you now know from the title of my forthcoming book, we seek to live a slower life—a “not so fast” life. Plenty of people are living far simpler and slower lives than we are, but we’re making choices...
View ArticleMonday Afternoon: Light on Water and a Heavy Tool
The fountain, where we found a quarter on the road and tossed a penny in the water.My daughter noticed the delicate dance of light on water, while I stood staring, distracted, at the blue sky.Feathery...
View ArticleSneak Peek
I’ve been working on my forthcoming book, Not So Fast: Slow-Down Solutions for Frenzied Families, for years. Much of that time, I wasn’t sure what I could say about it here on the blog.In fact, for...
View ArticleTea Time
In July 2007, I posted this video I found that contrasts a calm, tranquil tea with the bustling world all around.The team of students who created it wrote this in the YouTube notes: In 1982 Larry...
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