Wake-Up Call
Recently I listened to Rob Bell on this podcast, talking about a concussion he got while surfing. I had wondered why he’d been so quiet lately. Turns out, his accident [...]
Celebrating Truthsgiving
Hello, friends. I’ve got a longer reflection this week, and I hope you’ll hang in there for it. For the past several years, I have grown increasingly uncomfortable celebrating Thanksgiving. [...]
Stressless Holidays are a Fantasy
My dad and brother-in-law work with unhoused people, and they tell me those precious souls don’t like the holidays. This season highlights all the ways their lives are not the [...]
Unsubscribes and Other Gifts of Rejection
I want people to love me. More than that, I want them to like me. I want them to think I’m funny, smart, helpful, wise, kind, intuitive, quick-witted. I want [...]
The Labyrinth of your Inbox
I walked the labyrinth at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco this week. Making my way toward the center and back out again, my body remembered all the other times I’ve [...]
Worth the Work
After a lot of planning, my client and I facilitated a big gathering yesterday, bringing board and staff members of a local non-profit together. We had several rounds of [...]
Eight kinds of time
Sometimes my husband says to me, “You need to go on a walk. Now.” He is familiar with my “Eight Kinds of Time,” and can sense when one of them [...]
Too Soon to Tell
My smart son is taking an evolutionary ecology class, and he told me something extraordinary on the phone last night. A small animal—let’s say a marmot—will risk making a noise [...]
The Heart of the Matter
I was around a leader recently who didn’t seem to have come home to themself. They were smart and polite, but I thought to myself, “I wouldn’t want to follow [...]
The Promise of a Team
I was with a non-profit board last week that made me jealous. I love all my clients, but I’ve definitely encountered groups that don’t spark the same sentiment. I diligently [...]