Be with someone who inspires you, Who sparks creativity in you, Who makes you ponder, Who makes you pause, Who makes you present. Be with someone who makes you brave – Who helps you find courage You thought was lost In the darkness of night. Be with someone who helps you dream –… Continue reading Be With Someone
Home – to me – comprises several different places. I know at once when I’m there because the air smells different. Safe and familiar. There are landmarks that bring comfort – the red front door, the walls with academic posters, jazz shoes and scripts, Mom & Dad’s table, the wide corridor to the college group… Continue reading The Geography of Home
If you have someone whose gaze lingers on you, because to him you are a bit of magic in human form – savor that gaze for all its worth. If you have someone who wraps his arms around you and makes you feel safer with his presence, cherish that safety with all you’ve got. If… Continue reading If You Have Someone, Hold Them Closely
One month of the year has passed us already. We’re already on the eighth day of the second month of 2020. And to be quite honest, January felt like an eternity and a blur all at the same time. The day after I posted about A Deeper, More Undistracted Year, my grandmother passed away. Four… Continue reading The Magic of Creating Margins
If I ever have a son, I hope I can teach him these things about what it means to be a true man of integrity. And if not, I pray that I can share it with my nephews and my boys in my classroom. And I also pray for all the men in my life… Continue reading A True Man of Integrity
Zechariah 4:6, 10 – “Then He said to me, ‘This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of hosts.’ … For whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice, and shall see the plumb line in the hand of… Continue reading Don’t Despise the Day of Small Things
I know what it is I’m longing for. The eye contact when we’re laughing together. The banter and teasing that comes from knowing a person so well. A private store of memories between the two of us that form a bond no one else can share. A deep, deep understanding of another’s soul that can… Continue reading A Lament of the Dying Spark
