Whether it's work, newsfeeds bringing tragedies into our lap, personal stress, or the simple truth that living well is hard, we have to find a way back to peaceful shores.

Go without your phone every once in awhile into the noise and haste of the world, remembering there is peace in screen-less visions.

Giving thanks is an expression of morality, memory and mutuality.

Two sweet happenings from the past few days…

I believe that if it weren't for God, the devastation of the abuse I went through would be much worse. So that's all that we're about at Thistle Farms is...

Thistle Farms has a proven track record of initiating and accelerating social enterprises. When Thistle Farms offers its experience and its powerful community to a vulnerable group of new entrepreneur...

When gathers now we are quite a force!  Loveheals

I would like to offer a lens for our community for this season. The lens that I would like us to use is remnant. You are invited to look through remnant...

Mistletoe, in spherical wisdom, calls to us from on high.  Without ribbons or legends; to simply love. 

I once heard that there is enough food in the world to feed all the hungry children. It is not a lack of resources; it is simply a lack of...

There is rich red dirt that is the foundation of Rwanda. By the end of a week it has made its way into your clothing, your pores, and has seeped...

Women who are willing to speak their truth amidst their pain should find freedom and healing, not just for themselves, but for this culture that would still rather keep the...

I offer my love letter to God filled with sketches of thistles geraniums, longleaf pines, as well as the thousand other herbs and plants that have taught me why the...

When we glimpse at love in its purest form and feel its true power, we experience an eternal pull that has changed the world.

Cottonwood snow lowers stress. It is to the woods that all lovers of justice retreat every now and again to stir their hearts and minds toward love for all creation.

Whether it was on the steps of the South African Embassy protesting Apartheid, or on the streets before we invaded Iraq in the early 2000s, I have tried to show...

This is a time to tend the embers of justice work so that it can be rekindled and boil over down the road. This heating up may be short-lived, or...

I love thinking about that light. I love thinking about Magdalene's light and that it doesn't mean death has lost its sting. It doesn't mean we still don’t fear the...

Love changes how we navigate through political polarization, economic uncertainty, and destabilizing wars. Grounded in love, we know we can be a source for creating good in this world.

Love changes how we see, give, act, and speak, as those things become endowed with a sacredness from the heart of God. A gift given and received with love becomes...

There is a grace that comes in leaning back and looking out. It is like praying with our eyes wide open & embracing the love around us that has carried us this...

The holiest nights are never what they seem from a distance. They are a surprise that washes over us. They call us to hope in dreams that cover us like...

Beginning in the mid-twentieth century, as best as I can remember, the word charity fell out of favor. For good reason, the language of justice took its rightful place in the...

After the election, I will get up and go to work. I will work to help women who are incarcerated, on the streets, trafficked, addicted, and searching for hope. No...