Guess who started a not-for-profit recycling business?

Gray and I came up with a plan. Well, I came up with it, she "willingly" participated.

"How about I give you a little clip and clip? We give your fur to the birds for their nests?"

If you have as much as glanced out the window these days, you've seen the sparrows, robins, and wrens scurrying about with twigs, leaves, and other random scraps sideways in their beaks. They flutter off to some secret spot, hopefully out of reach of Blue Jays and Crows 😠 (I know, I know...food chain. Whatever.)

It starts in your head and moves into your chest like a tight squeeze of anxiety. It's no wonder we all feel it. Picture a stick person with 62,364 electric lines plugged into his or her head, each one at full speed.

I got an email a few weeks ago, "Dawn, someone recommended you to be a speaker at an event for our organization. We have a retreat in March. Would you be able to talk for a few minutes this week?"

Who is ​The Sparrow Fund?​ 🤔

Lent isn’t as meaningful as it should be if we are not able to reflect and sit still. It will fly by like every other holiday. My scattered self makes Lent (and any time I am trying to connect with Jesus) a challenge. I feel it all the time.

However, the season of Lent, the rhythm of the sacraments, and the prayers handed down over the centuries harness our wild, impulsive selves. Think of them like a train track. A guide.

If there is one thing we are not doing well within our present age (we could all list out at least 15 things!!) it is patience. As I see it, our inability to wait well is far more destructive than any four-letter word. Harder to identify, but far more septic…

This is a favorite month on the church calendar for me. I am oriented by the days of December that highlight the coming of a Savior. The older I get, the more I realize how much I need a rescue.

Advent is upon us.

Good timing.

With the presidential election behind us, it is time to take a deep breath and remember. It is a robust discipline to reign in our wild thoughts and fix them on the big, bold truth that weaves through Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers...and on and on through every single story in Scripture: Light always overcomes darkness.

Ah, the allure of productivity. Accomplishment sends a rush through our bodies. We ride those waves into a flow state with no idea how much time has passed. Weary, but well worth it. Exhausted, falling asleep in the chair, but work is money. Money is good.

I say it all too often, “I’m doing well, thanks! It was a productive day!”